Sub-lamellar microcracking and roles of canaliculi in human cortical bone

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1093-1100

  Ebacher, Vincent ^a   Guy, Pierre ^a   Oxland, Thomas R ^a   Wang, Rizhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Canaliculi; Cortical bone; Inelastic deformation; Microcracking

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRACKS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; MICROCRACKING;

BONE FRACTURE; CANALICULUS; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CORTICAL BONE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; INELASTIC DEFORMATION; LAMELLAR LEVEL; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

DEFORMATION;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTICAL BONE; DENSITY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCRACKING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84856531204     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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