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Bone and Bone Cancer Pain Mrs. Boggs. Bone Function: Structure Organ support Mineral storage.

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1 Bone and Bone Cancer Pain Mrs. Boggs

2 Bone Function: Structure Organ support Mineral storage

3 Bone Cells Osteoclast Osteoblast Osteocyte

4 Bone Fracture Healing http://depts.washington.edu/bonebio/bonAbo ut/remod/remod.html After a fracture, osteoclasts come and clean-up the fracture site Osteoblasts then come in and deposit new bone Some osteoblasts get stuck in the newly formed bone, and become osteocytes

5 Bone Cancer

6 Bone Cancer Pain and Treatment Bone contains a lot of nerves that sense pain Bone pain is not effectively treated My Research: How do we feel pain from tumors in bone?


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