title: Misconceptions V--Activation of osteoclasts is the first step in the bone remodeling cycle.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA. parfittalwynm@uams.edu
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authors.lastname: Michael Parfitt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000502:physiology*; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology