Bone fibrillogenesis and mineralization: Quantitative analysis and implications for tissue elasticity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-130

  Vuong, Jenny ^a   Hellmich, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone; Computer tomography; Continuum micromechanics; Elasticity; Mineralization

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELASTIC PROPERTY; MICROMECHANICS; MINERALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MATRIX; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER CONTENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DESICCATION; DURAPATITE; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MINERALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052575828     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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