Journal article
A comparative electron microscopic study of apatite crystals in collagen fibrils of rat bone, dentin and calcified turkey leg tendons
Abstract
Crystal-collagen relationships in calcified turkey leg tendons and cortical bone and dentin of the rat were studied by bright field and selected-area dark field electron microscopy. The latter imaging technique enables the specific and direct visualization of apatite crystal sizes and their crystallographic orientations within collagen fibrils. Cortical bone possessed the longest mean c-axial length (170 +/- 50 A), then the tendon (142 +/- 43 …
Authors
Arsenault AL
Journal
Bone and Mineral, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 165–177
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 1989
DOI
10.1016/0169-6009(89)90048-2
ISSN
0169-6009