Assertion: osteocyte | /r/CapableOf | fulfil role
Facets:
value: as mechanosensors of bone
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Since osteocytes fulfil a role as mechanosensors of bone, it is plausible that bone formation is affected differently in the single gap than in the free-ending implant positions in the long term due to differences in the tensile strain magnitude and orientation.