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THERE is convincing evidence that bone has an orderly morphological and microscopic structure. This evidence is derived mainly from electron microscopy, ordinary histological preparations, and microradiography1. Such a structure, consisting essentially of apatite crystals embedded in an organic matrix, might be expected to exhibit piezoelectric properties, as in the case of many other multicrystalline structures.
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SHAMOS, M., LAVINE, L. & SHAMOS, M. Piezoelectric Effect in Bone. Nature 197, 81 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197081a0
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