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Pachyostosis is a non-pathological
condition in
vertebrate animals in
which the
bones experience a thickening,
generally caused by
extra layers of lamellar...
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where many
other ceratopsids had a horn. Such a boss is
often called "
pachyostotic", i.e.
consisting of
thickened bone. But
describing it as a
thick "boss"...
- They have
heavy skeletons to help them stay submerged; the
bones are
pachyostotic (swollen) and
osteosclerotic (dense),
especially the ribs
which are often...
- of the body,
which means that the
bones are
simultaneously thicker (
pachyostotic) and
denser (osteosclerotic) than in any
other known cetacean. Pachyosteosclerosis...
- in
aquatic tetrapods:
osteoporotic or
pachyostotic.
Osteoporotic bone is
spongy and
porous whereas pachyostotic involves an
increase in
skeletal m****...
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vertebral centra are
amphicoelous and the
zygapophyses are
pachyostotic. The ribs are
pachyostotic and
strongly distally expanded. Paludidraco, like all nothosaurs...
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gracile teeth. Both
genera however share a
highly osteosclerotic and
pachyostotic skeleton,
greatly increasing their weight and
possibly serving as additional...
- and short, paddle-like tail. The
vertebrae and ribs of
Eupodophis are
pachyostotic, or thickened, as an
adaptation to a
marine lifestyle. The
pelvic bones...
- Germany,
among others. They
differ from
other basilosaurids in
having pachyostotic and
osteosclerotic vertebrae and ribs,
making them
denser and heavier...
- but
aquatic taxa that live in
shallow water can
retain very thick,
pachyostotic, osteosclerotic, or
pachyosteosclerotic bones,
especially if they move...
