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. 2020 Apr 7;237(2):334–354. doi: 10.1111/joa.13194

TABLE 3.

Histomorphological data from sheep humeri: proportions (%) of total cortical cross‐sectional area covered by the different bone types

Age at death (months) Animal no Side % PFLC % PLM % IFL % EFLC % ELM % SO
Single humerus Mean of paired humeri Mean of age class a Single humerus Mean of paired humeri Mean of age class a Single humerus Mean of paired humeri Mean of age class a Single humerus Mean of paired humeri Mean of age class a Single humerus Mean of paired humeri Mean of age class a Single humerus Mean of paired humeri Mean of age class a
13 13 Right 65.8 66.8 72.8 1.7 1.8 2.8 3.8 4.2 4.6 1.3 1.0 1.6 4.0 4.2 3.8 23.4 22.2 14.7
Left 67.8 1.8 4.5 0.6 4.4 21.0
17 Right 77.8 78.7 4.1 3.7 7.1 5.0 2.2 2.2 3.9 3.3 4.9 7.1
  Left 79.5 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.7 9.3
25 15 Right 49.3 49.3 57.0 10.6 10.6 8.0 6.6 6.6 6.4 3.4 3.4 2.0 5.5 5.5 3.8 24.7 24.7 23.1
18 Right 63.5 64.7 5.2 5.3 11.5 6.1 0.2 0.6 1.7 2.0 17.8 21.4
Left 65.9 5.3 0.6 0.9 2.3 24.9
33 14 Right 34.8 37.1 38.2 11.8 11.8 11.6 9.5 8.9 9.7 4.2 3.4 5.7 6.8 6.4 4.7 32.9 32.6 30.5
Left 39.3 11.8 8.2 2.6 5.9 32.2
16 Right 43.8 39.2 10.6 11.3 8.3 10.5 10.6 7.9 2.5 2.9 24.3 28.4
Left 34.6 11.9 12.6 5.2 3.3 32.4

Abbreviations: EFLC, endosteal fibrolamellar complex; ELM, endosteal lamellar‐zonal bone; IFL, intermediate fibrolamellar‐zonal bone; PFLC, periosteal fibrolamellar complex; PLM, periosteal lamellar‐zonal bone; SO, secondary osteons, Haversian (secondary) bone.

a

Calculated from means of paired humeri (only one humerus measured in animal 15).