| micro-CT | X-ray microtomography |
| XPCT | X-ray phase contrast tomography |
| SVL | Snout-vent length (Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the anterior edge of the cloacal slit) |
| TV | Total volume |
| BV | Bone volume |
| BV/TV | bone volume fraction |
| Ct.BV | Cortical bone volume |
| Tb.BV | Trabecular bone volume |
| μ.B | Linear attenuation coefficient of bone |
| μ.Ct | Linear attenuation coefficient of cortical bone |
| μ.Tb | Linear attenuation coefficient of trabecular bone |
| EM | Epiphysis and metaphysis |