Do regional modifications in tissue mineral content and microscopic mineralization heterogeneity adapt trabecular bone tracts for habitual bending? Analysis in the context of trabecular architecture of deer calcanei

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-255

  Skedros, John G ^a,b   Knight, Alex N ^a,b   Farnsworth, Ryan W ^a   Bloebaum, Roy D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Utah Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyl calcaneus; Bone adaptation; Bone mineral content; Bone mineralization; Cancellous bone; Deer calcaneus; Strain; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; COMPRESSION; CORTICAL BONE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HABITUAL BENDING; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DEER; MALE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 84856793201     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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