Figure 1.
Photograph of thin sections of manatee bone (40 × 3 × 0.5 mm) treated under different conditions: (A) untreated, native bone, (B) EDTA demineralized bone, (C) remineralized bone treated with 4.5 mMCaCl2/2.1 mM K2HPO4 PILP solution under static conditions for 6 days, and (D) remineralized bone treated with 5.3 mMCaCl2/2.5 mM K2HPO4 PILP solution under dynamic (stirring) conditions for 6 days.