. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cell Biochem. 2017 Mar 9;118(7):1819–1826. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25859

Table 5.

Cancellous bone histomorphometry of 3 month old HeyL null female mice and littermate controls.

	Control	HeyL null
Distal Femur Trabecular Bone
Bone Volume/Tissue Volume (%)	3.1 ± 0.7	4.1 ± 0.2
Trabecular Number (1/mm)	1.3 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.1
Trabecular Thickness (μm)	23 ± 1	25 ± 1
Osteoblasts/Bone Perimeter (1/mm)	21.9 ± 3.3	24.3 ± 0.7
Osteoid Surface/Bone Surface (%)	1.7 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 0.8
Osteoclasts/Bone Perimeter (1/mm)	7.6 ± 0.8	8.0 ± 0.5
Eroded Surface/Bone Surface (%)	18.1 ± 2.2	18.7 ± 1.0
Mineral Apposition Rate (μm/day)	1.9 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.2
Mineralizing Surface/Bone Surface (%)	11.7 ± 3.2	7.7 ± 2.2
Bone Formation Rate (μm³/μm²/day)	0.22 ± 0.06	0.15 ± 0.03

Bone histomorphometry was performed on distal femurs from 3 month old female HeyL null mice and control female littermates (Control). Values are means ± SEM; n = 3.