The importance of accounting for the area of the medullary cavity in cross-sectional geometry: A test based on the femoral midshaft

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 612-624

  Sparacello, V S ^a   Pearson, O M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

bone mechanical properties; external dimensions; periosteal CSG

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOSTEUM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649645746     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21361     Document Type: Article

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