Mineralized tissues are biological tissues that incorporate minerals into soft matrices. Typically these tissues form a protective shield or structural...

inclusive of the motor neurons. Mineralized tissues are biological tissues that incorporate minerals into soft matrices. Such tissues may be found in both plants...

calcification of arteries and other soft tissue. Such metastatic soft tissue calcification is mainly in tissues containing "calcium catchers" such as elastic...

(skeleton) on the inside of an animal, overlaid by soft tissues and usually composed of mineralized tissue. Endoskeletons serve as structural support against...

substance precipitates in an organic matrix Mineralized tissues are tissues that have undergone mineralization, including bones, teeth, antlers, and marine...

process by which living organisms produce minerals, often resulting in hardened or stiffened mineralized tissues. It is an extremely widespread phenomenon:...

various salts. Bone tissue is mineralized tissue of two types, cortical bone and cancellous bone. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow...

Biomineralization, the general class of forming and maintaining mineralized tissues Tissue remodeling Wolff's law Wheeless Textbook Online Medical Dictionary...

architecture of organisations Bone sialoprotein, a component of mineralized tissues British Standard Pipe, an international standard set of screw thread...

exoskeletons are thought to have started with a non-mineralized exoskeleton which they later mineralized, it is difficult to comment on the very early evolution...

Hard tissue, refers to "normal" calcified tissue, is the tissue which is mineralized and has a firm intercellular matrix. The hard tissues of humans are...

Endoskeletons are the internal support structure of an animal, composed of mineralized tissues, such as the bone skeletons found in most vertebrates. Endoskeletons...

The layers of nacre smooth the shell surface and help defend the soft tissues against parasites and damaging debris by entombing them in successive layers...

bone mineral, that is deposited in a highly regulated manner, into the inorganic matrix forming a strong and dense mineralized tissue, the mineralized matrix...

structural proteins, which make sea urchins animals with an extremely mineralized skeleton (which also explains their excellent conservation as fossils)...

hexafluorosilicate [SiF6]2−. Most commonly, silicates are encountered as silicate minerals. For diverse manufacturing, technological, and artistic needs, silicates...

paleoceanography. In animals with skeletons mineralized with calcium, the calcium isotopic composition of soft tissues reflects the relative rate of formation...

Bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a component of mineralized tissues such as bone, dentin, cementum and calcified cartilage. BSP is a significant component of...

diatomaceous earth is 80–90% silica, with 2–4% alumina (attributed mostly to clay minerals), and 0.5–2% iron oxide. Diatomaceous earth consists of the fossilized...

model organism to study because they continually produce highly mineralized tissues. Sharks continually shed their teeth and replace them through a tooth...

properties, cuttlebone has been used as scaffolding in superconductors and tissue engineering applications. The light weight of the cuttlebone derives from...

loosely packed collagen fibrils and is less mineralized. Below it lies the circumpulpal dentin, more mineralized dentin which makes up most of the dentin...

as the sheath of Neumann. Salentijn, L. Biology of Mineralized Tissues: Mineralized Dental Tissues I - Dentin & Cementum, Columbia University College...

neural crest-derived mesenchyme. Dermal bone Salentijn, L. Biology of Mineralized Tissues: Prenatal Skull Development, Columbia University College of Dental...

density of a tissue sample. It is usually synonymous with microradiography. This is achieved by layering a ground section of mineralized tissue (such as bone)...

shell formation, in the cephalopods at least; the matrix in the non-mineralized squid gladius is basic. In oysters and potentially most molluscs, the...

of mineralized tissues has been a puzzle for more than a century. It has been hypothesized that the first mechanism of chordate tissue mineralization began...

The ribs of Thescelosaurus were accompanied by thin plate-like mineralized tissues, the precise function of which is not confidently known. Thescelosaurus...

Orofacial Pain. 13 (4): 238–45. PMID 10823036. Salentijn, L. Biology of Mineralized Tissues: Prenatal Skull Development, Columbia University College of Dental...

diatomite or "diatomaceous earth", and is used commercially as filters, mineral fillers, mechanical insecticide, in insulation material, anti-caking agents...