Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Section I: Introduction
	1. Paleohistology: An Historical – Bibliographical Introduction
Section II: Morphology and Histology of the Skeleton
	2. An Overview of the Embryonic Development of the Bony Skeleton
	3. The Vertebrate Skeleton: A Brief Introduction
		Methodological Focus A: The New Scalpel: Basic Aspects of CT-Scan Imaging
	4. Microanatomical Features of Bones and Their Basic Measurement
		Methodological Focus B: Basic Aspects of 3D Histomorphometry
	5. Bone Cells and Organic Matrix
	6. Current Concepts of the Mineralization of Type I Collagen in Vertebrate Tissues
	7. An Overview of Cartilage Histology
		Methodological Focus C: Virtual (Paleo-)Histology Through Synchrotron Imaging
	8. Bone Tissue Types: A Brief Account of Currently Used Categories
		Methodological Focus D: FIB-SEM Dual-Beam Microscopy for Three-Dimensional Ultrastructural Imaging of Skeletal Tissues
Section III: Dynamic Processes in Osseous Formations
	9. Basic Processes in Bone Growth
	10. Accretion Rate and Histological Features of Bone
	11. Bone Remodeling
	12. Remarks on Metaplastic Processes in the Skeleton
Section IV: Teeth
	13. Histology of Dental Hard Tissues
Section V: Phylogenetic Diversity of Skeletal Tissues
	14. Introduction
	15. Finned Vertebrates
	16. Early Tetrapodomorphs
	17. Lissamphibia
	18. Early Amniotes and Their Close Relatives
	19. Testudines
	20. Lepidosauria
	21. Sauropterygia: Placodontia
	22. Sauropterygia: Nothosauria and Pachypleurosauria
	23. Sauropterygia: Histology of Plesiosauria
	24. Ichthyosauria
	25. Archosauromorpha: From Early Diapsids to Archosaurs
	26. Archosauromorpha: The Crocodylomorpha
	27. Archosauromorpha: Avemetatarsalia – Dinosaurs and Their Relatives
	28. Nonmammalian Synapsids
	29. Diversity of Bone Microstructure in Mammals
Section VI: Integrative Questions
	30. Phylogenetic Signal in Bone Histology
	31. Cyclical Growth and Skeletochronology
	32. Aging and Senescence Processes in the Skeleton
	33. Basic Principles and Methodologies in Measuring Bone Biomechanics
	34. Interpreting Mechanical Function in Extant and Fossil Long Bones
	35. Bone Microanatomy and Lifestyle in Tetrapods
	36. Bone Histology and the Adaptation to Aquatic Life in Tetrapods
	37. Bone Histology and Thermal Physiology
	38. Bone Ornamentation: Deciphering the Functional Meaning of an Enigmatic Feature
	39. The Histology of Skeletal Tissues as a Tool in Paleoanthropological and Archaeological Investigations
	40. A Methodological Renaissance to Advance Perennial Issues in Vertebrate Paleohistology
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