Hard tissue thin‐sectioning techniques in vertebrate paleohistology: Review, synthesis and improvements

A Cuccu, T Calderón, B Azanza… - Methods in Ecology …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Paleohistology provides a significant amount of information on the physiology and evolution
of ancient organisms through the study of their fossilized tissues' microstructure. Such …

Closing cones create conical lamellae in secondary osteonal bone

M Doube - Royal Society Open Science, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Lamellae are sheets of mineralized collagen 1–20 µm thick, extending over hundreds of µm
in bone tissue, occupying bone's structural hierarchy at a level above collagen fibres and …

Spatial variation in osteon population density at the human femoral midshaft: histomorphometric adaptations to habitual load environment

TP Gocha, AM Agnew - Journal of anatomy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intracortical remodeling, and the osteons it produces, is one aspect of the bone
microstructure that is influenced by and, in turn, can influence its mechanical properties …

Utility of osteon circularity for determining species and interpreting load history in primates and nonprimates

KE Keenan, CS Mears… - American journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Histomorphological analyses of bones are used to estimate an individual's
chronological age, interpret a bone's load history, and differentiate species. Among various …

Differences in femoral morphology between sheep (Ovis aries) and goat (Capra hircus): macroscopic and microscopic observations

M Zedda, MR Palombo, D Brits, M Carcupino, V Sathé… - Zoomorphology, 2017 - Springer
It is often difficult, if not impossible, to separate postcranial elements of species, such as
sheep and goats. Distinguishing between the skeletal remains of these species is important …

A first comparison of bone histomorphometry in extant domestic horses (Equus caballus) and a Pleistocene Indian wild horse (Equus namadicus)

M Zedda, V Sathe, P Chakraborty… - Integrative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The microstructural features of the tissue of long bones subjected to different biomechanical
stresses could be a helpful tool for a better understanding of locomotor behavior in extant …

Current and emerging histomorphometric and imaging techniques for assessing age‐at‐death and cortical bone quality

JM Andronowski, ME Cole - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bones are dynamic living organs that undergo continual change throughout life. An internal
process of tissue renewal, called remodeling, removes mature microscopic packets of bone …

[HTML][HTML] The Gross Anatomical and Histological Features of the Humerus in African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies

CO Martonos, AI Gudea, WB Little, FG Stan, C Lațiu… - Life, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper presents a detailed gross description of all anatomical elements of the humerus
in the African green monkey and provides comparative and differential elements on monkey …

Does the osteon morphology depend on the body mass? A scaling study on macroscopic and histomorphometric differences between cow (Bos taurus) and sheep …

M Zedda, R Babosova - Zoomorphology, 2021 - Springer
The structure and geometry of bone depend on many biological and environmental factors.
These factors affect the bone tissue's microstructure differently, and their interaction has not …

The Arrangement of the Osteons and Kepler's Conjecture

M Zedda - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The studies of bone tissue have mainly highlighted the morphometrical characteristics of the
osteons, rather than their spatial distribution. This work aimed to verify if the topographical …