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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2525107, member: 8267"]Yes, antler is a specialized type of bone, but a skeletal bone of this size and shape would probably be a long bone of some animal, which would be hollow after the marrow was removed. Because antler grows so quickly, it is less dense than skeletal bone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some skeletal bones do have spongy interiors, called "cancellous" bone (not cancerous) - vertebra, scapulas, ribs, skull bones, and the ends of the long bones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2525107, member: 8267"]Yes, antler is a specialized type of bone, but a skeletal bone of this size and shape would probably be a long bone of some animal, which would be hollow after the marrow was removed. Because antler grows so quickly, it is less dense than skeletal bone. Some skeletal bones do have spongy interiors, called "cancellous" bone (not cancerous) - vertebra, scapulas, ribs, skull bones, and the ends of the long bones.[/QUOTE]
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