Morphometric analysis of osteonal architecture in bones from healthy young human male subjects using scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-254

  Pazzaglia, Ugo E ^a   Congiu, Terenzio ^b   Pienazza, Alberto ^a   Zakaria, Mohammed ^a   Gnecchi, Michele ^c   Dell'Orbo, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone morphometry; Bone remodelling; Cutting cone; Osteon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEONAL PARAMETER; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA;

BONE MORPHOMETRY; BONE REMODELLING; CUTTING CONE; OSTEON;

ADULT; BONE REMODELING; FEMUR; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTROCHEMICAL, SCANNING; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; TIBIA;

LACUNA;

EID: 84881611428     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12079     Document Type: Article

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