Table 3.

Distribution (% of samples) of calculated microarchitectural morphologic indices by layer and species

		Upper layer			Middle layer			Lower layer
Parameter	Calculated vertebral morphology	deer	human	sheep	deer	human	sheep	deer	human	sheep
VTb.MI
	Columnar	41.6%	79.0%	47.5%	34.2%	78.1%	46.0%	37.8%	78.3%	50.5%
	Plate-like	58.4%	21.0%	52.5%	65.8%	21.9%	54.0%	62.2%	21.7%	49.5%
HTb.MI
	Columnar	72.0%	73.6%	68.5%	77.4%	79.4%	66.0%	60.0%	69.7%	62.8%
	Plate-like	28.0%	26.4%	31.5%	22.6%	20.6%	34.0%	40.0%	30.3%	37.2%
Mc.MI
	Flat ellipsoid	9.0%	58.1%	22.1%	4.0%	49.0%	16.3%	6.3%	44.2%	15.5%
	Long, narrow ellipsoid	91.0%	41.9%	77.9%	96.0%	51.0%	83.7%	93.7%	55.8%	84.5%

Definitions of parameter abbreviations are found in Figure 2.