Assertion: osteocyte's role | /r/HasProperty | pivotal
Facets:
Source sentences:
text: These are (1) osteocytes are actively involved in bone turnover; (2) the osteocyte network is through its large cell‐matrix contact surface involved in ion exchange; and (3) osteocytes are the mechanosensory cells of bone and play a pivotal role in functional adaptation of bone.
text: Increasing interest in the mechanoregulation of bone has changed this, and today there is a general consensus that osteocytes play a pivotal role as mechanosensors and effectors in bone (2).