Pachyosteosclerosis
Pachyosteosclerosis is a combination of thickening (pachyostosis) and densification (osteosclerosis) of bones. It makes bones more heavy, but also more fragile. The condition often occurs in aquatic vertebrates, especially those living in shallow waters, creating ballast as an adaptation for maintaining neutral buoyancy and horizontal trim. It is in no way pathological. To resist roll, it frequently is found especially in ventral bones. Examples of animals showing pachyosteosclerosis are seacows (dugongs and manatees), the extinct Plesiosauria and Mesosauria and extinct aquatic sloths.
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Pachyosteosclerosis
Pachyosteosclerosis is a combination of thickening (pachyostosis) and densification (osteosclerosis) of bones. It makes bones more heavy, but also more fragile. The condition often occurs in aquatic vertebrates, especially those living in shallow waters, creating ballast as an adaptation for maintaining neutral buoyancy and horizontal trim. It is in no way pathological. To resist roll, it frequently is found especially in ventral bones. Examples of animals showing pachyosteosclerosis are seacows (dugongs and manatees), the extinct Plesiosauria and Mesosauria and extinct aquatic sloths.
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Pachyosteosclerose is een comb ...... izontale positie in het water.
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Pachyosteosclerosis is a combi ...... ia and extinct aquatic sloths.
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ثخن تصلب العظم (بالإنجليزية: P ...... زوصور والكسلان المائي المنقرض.
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Pachyosteosclerose is een comb ...... gestorven aquatische luiaards.
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Pachyosteosclerosis is a combi ...... ia and extinct aquatic sloths.
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ثخن تصلب العظم (بالإنجليزية: P ...... زوصور والكسلان المائي المنقرض.
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Pachyosteosclerose
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Pachyosteosclerosis
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ثخن تصلب العظم
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