The Skeleton

Edward J. Massaro, John M. Rogers9781588292155, 1-58829-215-0

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Provides coverage on the biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, genetics, molecular biology, developmental biology, and aging of the human skeleton. Features bone physiology and how it is modified throughout the life cycle. For researchers and clinicians. DNLM: Bone and Bones–embryology.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Preface……Page 6
Contents……Page 12
Contributors……Page 16
I. Chondrogenesis, Chondrocytes, and Cartilage……Page 20
II. Control of Skeletal Development……Page 118
III. Osteoblastic Cell Differentiation……Page 190
IV. Bone Induction, Growth, and Remodeling……Page 234
V. Bone Mineralization……Page 296
VI. Skeletal Dysmorphology……Page 352
Index……Page 434