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- Title
Cortical or Trabecular Bone: What's the Difference?
- Authors
Ott, Susan M.; Ott, Susan M
- Abstract
The article presents an editorial on the differences between Cortical and Trabecular bone. Topics include effects of mechanical or chemical signals and gonadal hormones on bone compartments; differential affect on each bone type by hormones and medications such as daily injections of parathyroid hormone (PTH) decrease cortical bone mass and increase trabecular bone mass, and details on bone evaluation techniques comprising micro-CT, bone biopsy, and dual energy radiographic densitometry.
- Subjects
COMPACT bone; BONE biopsy; CANCELLOUS bone; PHYSIOLOGY; ANATOMY
- Publication
American Journal of Nephrology, 2018, Vol 47, Issue 6, p373
- ISSN
0250-8095
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1159/000489672