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compact bone

hard outer layer of a bone, protecting the bone and the spongey layer, as well as bone marrow
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compact bone

Summary

compact bone is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #370 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • compact bone's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • compact bone is a type of subdivision of lamellar bone[4].
  • compact bone is part of bone[5].
  • compact bone's Commons category is recorded as Cortical bone[6].
  • compact bone comprises osteon[7].
  • compact bone comprises Volkmann's canals[8].
  • compact bone's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C52714[9].

Why It Matters

compact bone draws 38 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #370 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → bone
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → subdivision of lamellar bone
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39487, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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