Bone indications

Bone criteria with higher values represent a stronger bone. Indicates significantly weaker bones compared to Diet 1. 

These remains were found eroding from the face of a coastal bluff in Del Mar, CA, in 1929. A variety of dates have been obtained for these remains, depending upon which materials were analyzed and which dating method was used. Bada and Masters reported on new dates based upon the new and more sensitive C-14 dating technique. The results, obtained on amino acids isolated from the bone, indicated that the skeleton was 5400 years old. These results were made possible by the more recent important advances in carbon dating that are described in Chapter 16. 

This brief description of processes in bone indicates that it is chemically very active. For this reason, the objective of research in bioceramic is to mimic the internal processes and the structure of bone with man-made materials. Once placed, there should be little distinction between the natural bone and man-made ceramic implant or an artificial graft. 

The small amount of organic impurities coexisting with the separated collagen from Folsom bison and whale bone indicates that the method used is successful in these two cases. Both of the collagen fractions, HCl-insoluble and HCl-soluble, are pure and could be used safely for radiocarbon dating. This is reflected by the good agreement between the... 

Human bones frequently are well-preserved components at archaeological sites, and in many cases retain chemical constituents without exchange with the environment that contain information about diet (19-21). For example, ratios of strontium to calcium in bones indicate the relative importance of meat vs vegetable material in a diet. 

Fig. 9.2 Bone structure. Diagram of a long bone indicating the compact and cancellous structures (see text) (http //training.seer.cancer.gov/module anatomy/unit3 2 bone tissue.html funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, via contract number N01-CN-67006, with Emory University, Atlanta SEER Cancer Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.)...

In a similar study, Pineda and co-workers investigated the role of pore size in tubular PLLA membranes. They foimd tirat a thin connective tissue layer formed between the membrane and the newly formed bone, indicating a lack of osseointegration of the membrane. They also concluded that bone formation was not as intensive as the pore size of the membranes increased. Finally, they concluded that the primary fimction of such a membrane in this application was to support the growth of cells in the "medullary cavity" formed by the membrane. 

Interestingly, the failure (yield and ultimate) strains of human trabecular bone have only a weak dependence, if any, on apparent density and modulus." - - - A recent study designed to test for intersite differences found that yield strains were approximately uniform within anatomic sites, with standard deviations on the order of one-tenth the mean value, but mean values could vary across sites" (Fig. 8.13). Thus, for analysis purposes, yield strains can be considered constant wiAin sites but heterogeneous across sites. Regardless of anatomic site, however, yield stains are higher in compression than in tension." Ultimate strains are typically in the range of 1.0 to 2.5 percent. Evidence from experiment on bovine bone indicates that yield strains are also isotropic - despite substantial anisotropy of modulus and strength. 

The distribution of strontium is similar to that of calcium, which means that 99% of the body burden is deposited in bone (Table 1) [45-57]. In healthy adult male volunteers, the volume of distribution was estimated at 64—71 liters [58,59]. In vitro studies of strontium uptake in bone indicate that strontium is incorporated by ion exchange with calcium [60,61]. The preference of hydroxyapatite crystals to bind calcium rather than strontium seems mainly due to the larger size of the strontium ion, which produces a mild distortion of the crystal lattice and thus probably results in a weaker binding of strontium to the components of the hydroxyapatite crystal [62]. Within long bones, strontium is preferentially deposited in the shafts [63]. 

Kollender Y, Bickels J, Price WM. et al. (2000) Metastatic renal cell carcinoma of bone Indications and technique of surgical intervention. J Urol 164 1505-1508... 

Various estimations indicate that nearly twenty million women in America suffer osteoporotic problems. The physiological changes that take place are certainly forms of aging. In one five-year study where ERT compliance was carefully monitored, the bone mineral density increased regardless of the length of treatment or the patient s age when therapy commenced (69). 

Types of Dental Implants. Indications for a specific type of implant are based primarily on the amount of bone available to support the implant. Also to be considered is the implant proven most successful. Three types of implants are discussed here. 

There are undifferentiated stem cells of the blood elements in the bone marrow that differentiate and mature into erythrocytes, (red blood cells), thrombocytes (platelets), and white blood cells (leukocytes and lymphocytes). The production of erythrocytes is regulated by a hormone, erythropoietin (see the section on kidney toxicity), that is synthetized and excreted by the kidney. An increase in the number of premature erythrocytes is an indication of stimulation of erythropoiesis, i.e., increased production of erythrocytes in anemia due to continuous bleeding. 

Toxic Effects on the Blood-Forming Tissues Reduced formation of erythrocytes and other elements of blood is an indication of damage to the bone marrow. Chemical compounds toxic to the bone marrow may cause pancytopenia, in which the levels of all elements of blood are reduced. Ionizing radiation, benzene, lindane, chlordane, arsenic, chloramphenicol, trinitrotoluene, gold salts, and phenylbutazone all induce pancytopenia. If the damage to the bone marrow is so severe that the production of blood elements is totally inhibited, the disease state is termed aplastic anemia. In the occupational environment, high concentrations of benzene can cause aplastic anemia. 

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