bone element

UBERON:0001474 · bone, bone organ, bones

Mineralized skeletal element; principal reservoir of calcium and phosphate.

Where it sits

• part of musculoskeletal system

Markers that report on it

• Calcium, total stored by main
  Only about 1% of the body's calcium is in the blood; the rest is stored in bones and teeth.
• Alkaline phosphatase synthesized by main
  Bone is one of the tissues with the most ALP, and it makes its own type of ALP.
• Magnesium stored by main
  About half or more of the body's magnesium is stored in bone.
• Phosphate stored by main
  Most of the body's phosphate is in the bones, combined with calcium.