Osteoporotic Bone (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Osteoporotic Bone

Caption

This is an electron microscope image showing osteoporotic architecture in the fourth lumbar vertebra of an 89-year-old woman.

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Photo courtesy of Alan Boyde.

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