abnormal osteocyte morphology abnormal osteocyte dendritic process morphology 2017-12-07T14:40:37Z MP:0030487 abnormal osteocyte cytoplasmic process morphology abnormal osteocyte dendrite morphology MPheno.ontology abnormal osteocyte process morphology any structural anomaly of the long, slender cytoplasmic processes by which mature osteocytes communicate with one another, receive mechanosensory signals and participate in the regulation of bone turnover; these processes radiate from the osteocyte cell body, run along narrow canaliculi, and are linked to other neighboring osteocytes processes by gap junctions, as well as to cytoplasmic processes of osteoblasts and bone lining cells on the bone surface