Histological organization and its relationship to function in the femur of Alligator mississippiensis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-207

  Lee, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator femur; Bone adaptation; Bone morphogenesis; Bone strain; Collagen fibre orientation; Vascular canal orientation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; LEG LENGTHENING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSTEOID; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MOVEMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS;

EID: 1642285387     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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