Assertion: osteocyte's function | /r/HasProperty | to maintain osteocyte viability
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text: We conclude: (1) osteocyte density declines with age in women as it does in men; (2) the decline occurs exclusively in deep bone, not in superficial bone, suggesting that it is the age of the bone rather than the age of the subject that is important; (3) the rate of age-related decline falls exponentially with age and is not significant in postmenopausal women alone; (4) except for the differences between superficial and deep bone, the pattern of osteocyte distribution within and between trabeculae was not affected by age or menopause; and (5) the data raise the possibility that one function of remodeling in iliac cancellous bone is to maintain osteocyte viability.