Assertion: osteocyte's lacuna | /r/CapableOf | become smaller and more spherical
Facets:
value: in the human femora
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Whereas the lacunae became smaller and more spherical in the human femora [61•], and in the fibula of C57BL/6 mice  (Fig. 1), no significant changes in lacuna volume were observed in the human iliac crest bone [60•], nor in the femora of C57BL/6 mice [44•]. Small lacunae with higher sphericity in the aged bones could result from ongoing mineralization of the lacunar space before complete micropetrosis occurs due to aging