Bones and Cartilage
eBook - ePub

Bones and Cartilage

Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology

  1. 792 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bones and Cartilage

Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology

About this book

Bones and Cartilage provides the most in-depth review ever assembled on the topic. It examines the function, development and evolution of bone and cartilage as tissues, organs and skeletal systems. It describes how bone and cartilage is developed in embryos and are maintained in adults, how bone reappears when we break a leg, or even regenerates when a newt grows a new limb, or a lizard a tail. This book also looks at the molecules and cells that make bones and cartilages and how they differ in various parts of the body and across species. It answers such questions as "Is bone always bone? "Do bones that develop indirectly by replacing other tissues, such as marrow, tendons or ligaments, differ from one another? "Is fish bone the same as human bone? "Can sharks even make bone? and many more.* Complete coverage of every aspect of bone and cartilage* Full of interesting and unusual facts* The only book available that integrates development and evolution of the skeleton* Treats all levels from molecular to clinical, embryos to evolution* Written in a lively, accessible style* Extensively illustrated and referenced* Integrates analysis of differentiation, growth and patterning* Covers all the vertebrates as well as invertebrate cartilages* Identifies the stem cells in embryos and adults that can make skeletal tissues

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Information

Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9780080454153
Subtopic
Orthopedics

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Epigraph
  5. Copyright
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Part I: Skeletal Tissues
  9. Part II: Natural Experiments
  10. Part III: Unusual Modes of Skeletogenesis
  11. Part IV: Stem Cells
  12. Part V: Skeletogenic Cells
  13. Part VI: Embryonic Origins
  14. Part VII: Getting Started
  15. Part VIII: Similarity and Diversity
  16. Part IX: Maintaining Cartilage in Good Times and Bad
  17. Part X: Growing Together
  18. Part XI: Staying Apart
  19. Part XII: Limb Buds
  20. Part XIII: Limbs and Limb Skeletons
  21. Part XIV: Backbones and Tails
  22. Part XV: Evolutionary Skeletal Biology
  23. References
  24. Index