Levels of bone mineral matrix organization and the mechanisms determining parameters of its formation
Avrunin, A.S.; Tikhilov, R.M.; Abolin, A.B.; Shcherbak, I.G.
Morfologiia 127(2): 78-82
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-3543 PMID: 16201342 Document Number: 590715
Authors suggest to regard bone mineral matrix as the four-level structure. The first level is represented by an internal structure of a mineral, the second--by mineral morphological structure, the third--by coplanar association of minerals, and the fourth--by macroassociation of minerals in a single complex inside each bone. The most probable mechanisms determining stability of reproduction of mineral matrix parameters on each of these levels are shown. As a result of their functioning, the variants of bone mineral matrix structures are formed that are the programmed reflection of specificity of the given site of organic structures.