osteon

fundamental functional unit of much compact bone
AnatomicalStructure anatomical_structure Q1424568
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osteon

Summary

osteon is an anatomical structure[1]. osteon draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical_structure category, ranking #32 of 133).[2]

Key Facts

  • osteon's image is recorded as Bone unit - Osteon 1 -- Smart-Servier.png[3].
  • osteon's instance of is recorded as anatomical structure[4].
  • osteon's part of is recorded as long bone[5].
  • osteon's part of is recorded as compact bone[6].
  • osteon's Commons category is recorded as Osteons[7].
  • osteon's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D006253[8].
  • osteon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04s16c[9].
  • osteon's MeSH tree code is recorded as A10.165.265.521.500[10].
  • osteon's anatomical location is recorded as bone[11].
  • osteon's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[12].
  • osteon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/osteon[13].
  • osteon's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Osteon'}[14].
  • osteon's TA98 Latin term is recorded as Osteon[15].
  • osteon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777909254[16].
  • osteon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2911220979[17].
  • osteon's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777909254[18].
  • osteon's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2993697008[19].

Why It Matters

osteon draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (anatomical_structure category, ranking #32 of 133).[2] osteon has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] osteon is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). osteon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/osteon
MLA “osteon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/osteon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_osteon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{osteon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/osteon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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