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Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 13 February 2002
Vol. 2002, Issue 6, p. tr1
[DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2002.6.tr1]

TEACHING RESOURCES

Osteoporosis Images

Lis Mosekilde

University of Aarhus, Denmark lm{at}ana.au

http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sageke;2002/6/tr1

Key Words: osteoporosis • vertebrae • trabecular • bone • electron microscopy • light microscopy

Abstract: View more than a dozen images of bone from both young and old human subjects that illustrate age-related bone loss. The photos depict the deterioration of the so-called trabecular network--a spongy scaffold that lends strength to bone--of vertebrae that occurs with age and also show sites of bone resorption.

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