Crystal size and organization in bone

Weiner, Stephen; Traub, Wolfie

Affiliations

¹Isotope Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100

²Structural Chemistry Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100

Abstract and keywords

Size measurements of dispersed rat bone crystals show that with age a greater proportion exceeds 400 A in length. The surface fractures of more heavily mineralized bones tend to be smooth and stepped, whereas those of less mineralized bones are fibrous. These observations combined with information reported elsewhere on the crystal-collagen relations in adjacent fibrils in turkey tendon suggest that some crystals grow out of the confines of the collagen gap regions to form extended aggregates of large flat crystals with well developed fracture planes.

Keywords: bone; collagen; apatite; mineralization

Links

DOI: 10.3109/03008208909050015

PubMed: 2605950

WoS: A1989CD56400027

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