They found that the AMD samples contained tiny spherules of
a mineralized calcium phosphate known as hydroxyapatite, or HAP.
Not exact matches
Even one fishlike evolutionary dead - end, the ostracoderm, managed somehow to swim while encased in scales and heavy plates made of true bone — that is,
mineralized cartilage rich in
calcium and
phosphates.
Bone diseases, either genetic (X-linked hypophosphatemia) or dietary (rickets), represent an essential failure of the bone cell secretory system to maintain a stable
calcium phosphate -
mineralized collagen scaffold.