Roy A. Meals

Bones

Inside and Out

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Bone is ubiquitous and versatile, and uniquely repairs itself without scarring. However, we rarely see bone in its living state-and even then, mostly in two-tone images that only hint at its marvels. After it serves and protects vertebrate lives, bone reveals itself in surprising ways, sometimes hundreds of millions of years later.In Bones, orthopaedic surgeon Roy Meals explores and extols this amazing material that both supports and records vertebrate life. He demystifies the biological makeup of bones; how they grow, break and heal; and how medical innovations-from the first X-rays to advanced surgical techniques-enhance our lives. With ent… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-324-00532-2
EAN: 9781324005322
Produktnummer: 33447479
Verlag: Norton & Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 294 S.
Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.5 cm 500 g
Abbildungen: 150 illustrations
Gewicht: 500

Über den Autor

Roy A. Meals, MD is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA. The author of several medical books, he has practiced, researched, and taught hand surgery for forty years. He has served as president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and has also been on the editorial board of the Journal of Hand Surgery for most of his career. He lives in Los Angeles, California.