Cavities in the compact bone in tetrapods and fish and their effect on mechanical properties

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-122

  Currey, John D ^a   Shahar, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone; Cavities; Mechanics; Remodeling; Teleosts; Tooth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; COMPACT BONE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CORTICAL BONE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST; TETRAPOD;

TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

BONE; CAVITIES; MECHANICS; REMODELING; TELEOSTS; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; BONE MATRIX; BONE REMODELING; FISHES; POROSITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881556056     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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