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Osteoporotic bone
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Low power scanning electron microscope
image, showing osteoporotic architecture in the fourth lumbar
vertebra of an 89 year old woman (20 times magnified). The bone
is heavily eroded in places by the action of osteoclasts and
consists mainly of thin, fragile struts. By
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View a video clip of osteoporotic bone
(of the vertebra described above)
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Normal bone
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Animation made from low power scanning electron microscope
images, showing normal bone architecture in the third lumbar
vertebra of a 30 year old woman (20 times magnified).
Strong, interconnected plates of bone are visible.
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Very low power scanning electron microscope image, showing
normal bone architecture in the fourth lumbar vertebra of
an 41 year year old man (8 times magnified). A regular pattern
of interconnected plates and thick struts of bone can be seen.
By kind permission of
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Osteoclasts
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Scanning electron micrograph showing osteoclast resorbing
bone.
By kind permission of
Tim Arnett ([email protected]) |
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner for an osteoclast!
By kind permission of
Alan Boyde ([email protected]) |
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Osteoclast |
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Time lapse movie of a rat osteoclast. This
large cell has 7 nuclei, and displays complex motile activity.
The sequence is speeded up 100 times
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Osteoblasts |
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Time lapse movie of rat osteoblasts. This dense field
shows several hundred cells, including a few undergoing mitosis.
Note that many osteoblasts display large, waving processes,
resembling cilia. The sequence is speeded up 200 times.
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By kind permission of Isabel Orriss ([email protected]).
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Bone Structure
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Animated sequence showing microscopic
structure of bone
(PPT slides 6.9MB)
PDF version 1.7MB
By kind permission of
Tim Arnett ([email protected]) |
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Composition of bone
(PPT slides 3MB)
PDF version 110K
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Tim Arnett ([email protected]) |
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Cortical
bone animated sequences
(PPT slides 3MB)
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Tim Arnett ([email protected]) |
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Tooth eruption
(PPT slides 3.3MB)
PDF version 982K
By kind permission of
Tim Arnett ([email protected]) |
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Ichthyosaur - fossil bone
(PPT slides 4.6MB)
PDF version 1.2MB
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Tim Arnett ([email protected]) |
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Iguanodon - fossil bone
(PDF 411K)
By kind permission of
Tim Skerry & John Currey
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Osteoporosis - bone erosion
by osteoclasts
(PPT slides 4MB)
PDF version 1.2MB
By kind permission of
Tim Arnett ([email protected])
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