[Histological study of species identification using bones].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the species identification methods of bone remain.


METHODS
The compare between human bone and common animals bones was made with microscopic comparison methods. The sample was consisted of 77 slides including human, cattle, house, pig, goat, sheep, monkey, cat, rabbit, chicken, duck, pigeon, tortoise, frog, fish.


RESULTS
The differences of the histological bone species were as follow: the thick of the outer and the inner circumferential lamellae, and the shape of interstitial lamellae, and the size of Haversian system, and the number of the circumferential lamellae, and the number of the lacunae of inner Haversian system.


CONCLUSIONS
The histological characters of the bones can be used for species identification.
Zhang
J Z
JZ
Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Forensic Sciences, Beijing 100038. wzjdzx@mx.cei.gov.cn
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013045:Species Specificity