Ontogenetic structural and material variations in ovine calcanei: A model for interpreting bone adaptation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-300

  Skedros, John G ^a,b,c   Sorenson, Scott M ^b   Hunt, Kenneth J ^a,b   Holyoak, Joshua D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Utah Bone & Joint Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone adaptation; Collagen fiber orientation; Cortical thickness; Osteons; Sheep calcaneus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERAL; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCANEUS; COLLAGEN; DEER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34248345444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20423     Document Type: Article

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