Trabecular microarchitecture of hominoid thoracic vertebrae

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1098-1106

  Cotter, Meghan M ^a   Simpson, Scott W ^a,b   Latimer, Bruce M ^a,b   Hernandez, Christopher J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone volume fraction; Degree of anisotropy; Microcomputed tomography; Spontaneous vertebral fracture; Trabecular microarchitecture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANISOTROPY; APE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSSIL HOMINOID; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; THORACIC SPINE; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

EID: 70349088628     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20932     Document Type: Article

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