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The distribution of the density of cancellous bone has a fundamental significance for answering the question: is cancellous bone functionally built, that is, with the greatest possible economy of material? If so, then:
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As Roux has already stated, everywhere, the thickness, the density and the number of trabeculae, that is the distribution of the mass, must correspond to the quantitative distribution of the stressing, and
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2) the elements of cancellous bone must be subjected to the least possible stressing. In other words they must be stressed axially either in compression or in tension.
Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. — Morph. Jb. 95, 35–54 (1954)
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Pauwels, F. (1980). On the Distribution of the Density of Cancellous Bone in the Upper End of the Femur and Its Significance for the Theory of the Functional Structure of Bone. In: Biomechanics of the Locomotor Apparatus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67138-8_11
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