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Biomimetics: On the Origins of Fracture Toughness in Advanced Teleosts: How the Swordfish Sword's Bone Structure and Composition Allow for Slashing under Water to Kill or Stun Prey (Adv. Sci. 12/2019)

Felix N. Schmidt, Elizabeth A. Zimmermann, Flynn Walsh, Christine Plumeyer, Eric Schaible, Imke A. K. Fiedler, Petar Milovanovic, Manfred Rößle, Michael Amling, Clément Blanchet, Bernd Gludovatz, Robert O. Ritchie, Björn Busse

Advanced Science· Volume 6· Issue 12
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Abstract

In article number 1900287, Björn Busse and co-workers investigate the osseous sword of the swordfish with respect to composition and resulting mechanical parameters. Lacking mechanosensitive osteocytes that are known to initiate repair and renewal of aged bone in other species, the sword of the swordfish exhibits a lengthwise compositional ageing pattern associated with bone toughness. Thus, the swordfish presents an intriguing model to study anosteocytic mechanisms of bone quality maintenance.
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OpenAlex topics: Bone Metabolism and Diseases · Ichthyology and Marine Biology

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Affiliations

Department of Osteology and Biomechanics University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf Lottestrasse 55A 22529 Hamburg Germany

Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA

European Molecular Biology Laboratory Hamburg Outstation Hamburg 22607 Germany

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Forum Medical Technology Health Hamburg (FMTHH) Hamburg 22529 Germany

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