Micro World

Seberapa kecil Human Osteocyte?

Human Osteocyte memiliki diameter sekitar 25 µm.

Yang diukur: mature bone cell with processes, cell body diameter

Human Osteocyte (25 µm) ditampilkan sesuai skala di samping a cloud droplet (20 µm) dan a human hair (70 µm)
Digambar sesuai skala, dari kiri ke kanan: Cloud droplet (20 µm), Human Osteocyte (25 µm), dan Human hair (70 µm).

Bandingkan

Seberapa besar sebenarnya?

  • A little wider than a cloud droplet
  • About 2 would fit across a human hair
  • As wide as about 3 red blood cells side by side
  • About 4 would fit across a human egg cell
  • About 13× the length of an E. coli bacterium

Pelajari

Fakta tentang Human Osteocyte

Osteocytes live inside tiny bone cavities called lacunae and connect to neighbors via long cytoplasmic processes.

Sumber: Histology Atlas: Bone Tissue; Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et al.

Micro World

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