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Dinosaur bone structure

ThePhysicist

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This is a textbook example of dinosaur bone. Numerous Haversian systems/osteons are visible (which are the circular structures you see). They are actually cylindrical, but we are seeing a cross section here. Osteons are present in all cortical bone, but they are particularly impressive in dinosaurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversian_canal

 

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Biotalker

This is a remarkable cross section, do these osteons still have lacunae where the osteocytes once resided?

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On 9/13/2021 at 8:36 AM, Biotalker said:

This is a remarkable cross section, do these osteons still have lacunae where the osteocytes once resided?

I took another look but couldn't tell. They probably do - hard to see them without a thin section.

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Here's a thin section of a T. rex fibula that shows them:

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