The growth and shedding of the antlers of the deer : the histological phenomena and their relation to the growth of bone / by William Macewen, F.R.S.

  • Macewen, William, Sir, 1848-1924.
Date:
1920
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Credit: The growth and shedding of the antlers of the deer : the histological phenomena and their relation to the growth of bone / by William Macewen, F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX. A. PAGE Alces Macblis (Elk) Moose—head of ----- * 5 Analogy of growth of antlers to conical stump after amputation in child’s femur or humerus ....... 8 Analogy, of growth in Antlers, to diaphyseal cartilaginous plate - 10 Antler springs from one small centre of ossification in frontal bone 2 Antler, fracture of - - - - - - - - - - 26 Antler—pathological—osteomyelitis—stunted growth 25 Antlers sprouting—in section—Red Deer, Cervus Elaphus - - 9 Antlers, Fallow Deer—eight weeks after shedding—section of pedicle, antler and skull - - - - - - - - - 14 Antlers, Fallow Deer, sprouting Antlers—five weeks after shedding 13 Antlers, Fallow Deer, sprouting Antiers—four weeks after shedding 12 Antlers, Red Deer, about to shed—section of skull and pedicle - 16, 17 Antlers cervus (red deer) -------- 30 Antlers, deformed result of fixing to pedicle 24 Antlers growing, two weeks after shedding - - - - - 28 Appearance of pedicle and new antler two weeks after shedding - 9, 11 Appearance of Haversian system - - - - - - -66-67 Arrest of blood supply of antler—its effect ----- 82 B. Blood vessels of velvet—their growth and obliteration - - - 11 Blood vessels beginning to penetrate immature cartilage - - 62, 63 Blood vessels in relation to osteoblastic bone formation - - - 77 Bone formation encroaching on lumen of a blood vessel which has penetrated cartilage - - - - - - - - 79 C. Cap of rejuvenating cartilage - Cartilage capsules, freeing of osteoblasts Cartilage capsules becoming flattened Cartilage en masse - - - - - Cartilaginous form of ossification - Castration, its effect on nuclear budding Castration, its effect on growth of antlers Cervus Canadensis, head of - 8 68 72 65 59 et seq. 104 104 4