Technique for Dissection and Measurement of Refractive Index of Osteones
Open Access
- 1 August 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 6 (1), 139-142
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.6.1.139
Abstract
A simple technique for dissecting and isolating osteones is described. The refractive index of 35 isolated osteones ranges from a minimum of 1555 in the low calcified units to a maximum of 1.564 in the high calcified ones. These results are in agreement with recent data concerning the calcium salts content in growing osteones.Keywords
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