Location, number and clinical significance of nutrient foramina in human long bones

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Kizilkanat, Emine ^a   Boyan, Neslihan ^a   Ozsahin, Esin T ^a   Soames, Roger ^b   Oguz, Ozkan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraminal index; Long bones; Nutrient foramina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRUCTURE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; LONG BONE; NUTRIENT ARTERY FORAMEN; OSSIFICATION; RADIUS; TIBIA; ULNA;

EID: 33845998925     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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