Morphometric analysis of the canal system of cortical bone: An experimental study in the rabbit femur carried out with standard histology and micro-CT

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-26

  Pazzaglia, U E ^a   Zarattini, G ^a   Giacomini, D ^b   Rodella, L ^a   Menti, A M ^b   Feltrin, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HISTOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE REMODELING; DIAPHYSES; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; RABBITS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 74549148588     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2009.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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