ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
The total calcium content as well as the calcium content of individual long bones has been measured in male and female rats from weaning to maturity and were found to be linear functions of body weight in both sexes. The calcium content of the total skeleton was a constant percentage of body weight in males but was a continuously increasing percentage of body weight in females. The calcium content of the tibia and femur expressed as a percentage of total body weight changed ten-fold between weaning and maturity in females but hardly changed at all in males. In mature animals above 250 gm, calcium is distributed in the different bones of the skeleton in the same proportions in both sexes though females contain much more calcium at any given body weight than males.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091560409