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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mamm Genome. 2016 Jun 6;27(7-8):367–380. doi: 10.1007/s00335-016-9650-y

Figure 2. The influence of bone size and composition on density and strength.

Figure 2

Idealized diaphyseal cross-sections of equivalent area-projected bone mineral density. Although BMD is numerically identical, the amount of cortical bone, thickness of cortex, and geometrical strength in bending or twisting are not equivalent. Further BMD is not the same as Tissue Density (see Figure 5). Note the resemblance to actual mouse femur mid-diaphysis cross-sections shown in Figure 4.