Table 3.

Exemplary overview of osteocyte and lacunar densities in different bone tissue types. 3D-based results formatted in bold

Bone tissue type	Osteocyte/lacunar number density
Human
Adult – cortical lamellar bone	~ 500–900 lacunae/mm² [97] ~ 150–210 osteocytes/mm² [98] ~ 15,000–17,000 lacunae/mm3 [99]
Children – cortical lamellar bone	~ 300–380 lacunae/mm² [100, 101]
Children – cortical woven bone (fetal)	~ 700 lacunae/mm² [101]
Children – cortical bone (OI Type V)	~ 820 lacunae/mm² [100]
Rodent
Cortical lamellar bone	~ 830 lacunae/mm² [102] ~ 73,000 lacunae/mm³ [103]
Cortical woven bone (fracture callus)	~ 1880 lacunae/mm² [102] ~ 100,000 lacunae/mm³ [103]
Trabecular lamellar bone	~ 1190 lacunae/mm² [102]
Primary trabecular bone (growth plate)	~ 1670 lacunae/mm² [102]