Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | contact osteoclast precursor cells
Facets:
value: anatomically
type: MANNER
value: through their long processes
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Anatomically, osteocytes can contact osteoclast precursor cells and mature osteoclasts through their long processes, which reach the bone surface and vascular space, thus directly communicating through membrane-bound factors12,18.