Ultrastructure of Skeletal Tissues Bone and Cartilage in Health and

The calcified tissues have fundamental functions in the biology of organisms, not only because their strength, solidity, and elasticity permit movement and mechanical activities, and protect soft tissues against traumatic forces, but also on account of th

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ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Current Topics in Ultrastructural Research SERIES EDITOR: P.M. MOTTA

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Vol. 1 Motta, P.M. (ed.): Ultrastructure of Endocrine Cells and Tissues. ISBN: 0-89838-568-7. Vol. 2 Van Blerkom, J. and Motta, P.M. (eds.): Ultrastructure of Reproduction: Gametogenesis. Fertilization, and Embryogenesis. ISBN: 0-89838-572-5. Vol. 3 Ruggeri, A. and Motta, P.M. (eds.): Ultrastructure of the Connective Tissue Matrix. ISBN: 0-89838-600-4. Vol. 4 Motta, P.M., Fujita, A. (eds.): Ultrastructure of the Digestive Tract. ISBN: 0-89838-893-7. Vol. 5 Van Blerkom, J. and Motta, P.M. (eds.): Ultrastructure of Human Gametogenesis and Early Embryogenesis. ISBN: 0-89838-383-8. Vol. 6 Riva, A. and Motta, P.M. (eds.): Ultrastructure of the Extraparietal Glands of the Digestive Tract. ISBN: 0-7923-0303-2.

Series Editor P.M. MOTTA, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine. University "La Sapienza" of Rome, Viale R. Elena 289, 00161 Rome, Italy Advisory Scientific Committee D.J. ALLEN (Toledo, Ohio, USA) / A. AMSTERDAM (Rehovot, Israel) / P.M. ANDREWS (Washington, DC, USA) / L. BJERSING (Umea, Sweden) / I. BUCKLEY (Canberra, Australia) / F. CARAMIA (Rome, Italy) / A, COIMBRA (Porto, Portugal) / I. DICULESCU (Bucharest, Romania) / L.J.A. DIDIO (Toledo, Ohio, USA) / M. DVORAK (Bmo, Czechoslovakia) / RD. FAHIMI (Heidelberg, FRG) / H.V. FERNANDEZ-MORAN (Chicago, III., USA) / H. FUJITA (Osaka, Japan) / T. FUJITA (Niigata, Japan) / E. KLIKA (Prague, Czechoslovakia) / L.CU. JUNQUEIRA (Sao Paulo, Brazil) / R.G. KESSEL (Iowa City, Iowa, USA) / F.N. LOW (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) / B.L. MUNGER (Hersey, Pa., USA) / T. MURAKAMI (Okayama, Japan) / O. NILSSON (Uppsala, Sweden) / A. OKSCHE (Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany) K.R. PORTER (Boulder, Colo., USA) / J.A.G. RHODIN (Tampa, Fla .. USA) / K. SMETANA (Prague, Czechoslovakia) / K. TANAKA (Yonago, Japan) / K. TANIKAWA (Kurume, Japan) / I. TORO (Budapest, Hengary) / J. VAN BLERKOM (Boulder, Colo., USA)

Ultrastructure of Skeletal Tissues Bone and Cartilage in Health and Disease edited by

E. Bonucci, M.D. Department of Human Biopathology, Faculty of Medicine University "La Sapienza" of Rome, italy

and P.M. Motta, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine University" La Sapienza" of Rome, italy

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Ultrastructure of skeletal tissue 1edited by E. Bonucci and P.M. Motta. p. cm. - (Electron microscopy in biology and medicine) Includes bibliographies and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-8800-8 001: 10.1 007/978-1-4613-1487-5

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-1487-5

I. Bones-Ultrastructure. 2. Cartilage-Ultrastructure. I. Bonucci, E. II. Motta, Pietro M. III. Series. [D