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Review
. 2013 Jan;28(1):2-17.
doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1805.

Standardized nomenclature, symbols, and units for bone histomorphometry: a 2012 update of the report of the ASBMR Histomorphometry Nomenclature Committee

David W Dempster  1 , Juliet E Compston, Marc K Drezner, Francis H Glorieux, John A Kanis, Hartmut Malluche, Pierre J Meunier, Susan M Ott, Robert R Recker, A Michael Parfitt
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Standardized nomenclature, symbols, and units for bone histomorphometry: a 2012 update of the report of the ASBMR Histomorphometry Nomenclature Committee

David W Dempster et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Jan.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Sections of representative bone biopsies from different sites. Upper: transiliac (outer cortex on left). Lower: vertical (iliac crest on left). Supplied by H Malluche; transiliac biopsy reproduced from Malluche and Faugere(5) with permission.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Diagram of sections through cylindrical biopsy core of ilium. Direction of trephine perpendicular on left, oblique on right. C.Wi = core width; C.Dm = core diameter; Ct.Wi = cortical width; Cn.Wi = cancellous width. Relationships to areas: C.Ar = core (or section) area = C.Dm*C.Wi; Ct.Ar = cortical area = C.Dm*Ct.Wi; Cn.Ar = cancellous area = C.Dm*Cn.Wi. Provided the inner and outer periosteum do not depart seriously from parallelism and their mean length is used for C.Dm, these relationships remain true for the oblique section because the areas enclosed by the interrupted and solid lines are equal.(35) Consequently, the relationships can be used to estimate C.Wi, Ct.Wi, and Cn.Wi without measuring the angle of obliquity.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Diagram of cross sections through the shaft of a long bone; metaphyseal region is on the left, and diaphyseal region is on the right. For clarity, the cancellous bone of the metaphysis is not shown. B.Dm = bone diameter; Ct.Wi = cortical width; Cn.Dm = cancellous diameter; Ma.Dm = marrow diameter.
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