Rostrum of a toothed whale: Ultrastructural study of a very dense bone

Bone

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Zylberberg, L ^a,d   Traub, W ^a,b   De Buffrenil, V ^c   Allizard, F ^a   Arad, T ^b   Weiner, S ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bone ultrastructure; Collagen fibril organization; Very dense bone; Whale rostrum

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; COLLAGEN; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HYDROXYAPATITES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPINE; WHALES;

EID: 0031668933     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(98)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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