Preferred collagen fiber orientation in the human mid-shaft femur

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 434-445

  Goldman, Haviva M ^a,c   Bromage, Timothy G ^a   Thomas, C David L ^b   Clement, John G ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone microstructure; Collagen fiber orientation; Human femur; Human variation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0041379294     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10055     Document Type: Article

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