Assertion: osteocyte's process | /r/HasAspect | additional parallel role
Facets:
value: as a mechanotransducer within the skeleton
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The extremely rapid induction of hypoxia, its inhibition when loading is restored, the probable role of the osteocyte in signal transduction within bone, and known cellular responses to oxygen deprivation suggest that the fundamental physiological process of oxygen metabolism may have an additional parallel role as a mechanotransducer within the skeleton.