Term: vertebra bone tissue
Note: This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name.
Name: vertebra
Synonyms: vertebrae
Definition: All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001189]
Name: bone tissue
Synonyms:
Definition: Skeletal tissue with a collagen-rich extracellular matrix vascularized, mineralized with hydroxyapatite and typically including osteocytes located in lacunae that communicate with one another by cell processes (in canaliculi). Bone is deposited by osteoblasts.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005621]