Abstract
A study of the thickness and spacing of bony structures in the cancellous bone of the iliac crest. Ground sections of methacrylate-embedded material from 67 normal subjects, from 20 to 90 years of age, were examined. Increasing age is accompanied by an increase in the spacing between the bony structures, but not by any significant reduction in their thickness. The thinnest bony structures appear to be undergoing the most remodelling, as judged by the extent of formation and resorption surfaces.
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Une étude de l'épaisseur et de l'espacement des structures osseuses dans l'os d'aspect réticulé du crête iliaque. Les specimens provenant de 67 sujets normaux, ages de 20 à 90 ans, furent enfoncés dans methacrylate et tranches preparés par meulage. L'age croissant est accompagné d'une augmentation de l'espacement entre les structures osseuses, mais pas d'une reduction signifiante de leur épaisseur. Les structures osseuses les plus minces paraissent subir le plus grand remondellage, jugant par l'importance de surfaces de formation et de résorption.
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Die Dicke der Trabekel und die Weite der Markzwischenräume des Hüftbeinkammes wurden bestimmt. Das in Methacrylat eingebettete Material, welches von 67 Normalpersonen im Alter von 20–90 Jahren stammte, wurde geschnitten und untersucht. Bei zunehmendem Alter vergrößert sich der Raum zwischen den Trabekeln, ohne daß jedoch deren Dicke signifikant vermindert wird. Gemessen am Umfang der Bildungs- und Resorptionsoberfläche scheinen die dünnsten Trabekel dem größten Knochenumbau unterworfen zu sein.
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Wakamatsu, E., Sissons, H.A. The cancellous bone of the iliac crest. Calc. Tis Res. 4, 147–161 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279116
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