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