ABSTRACT

103 Photograph of cancellous bone that has been processed, double packaged in sy ringe cases, and stored at –80°C (–112°F) (103). The cancel lous bone is being thawed to be implanted as an allogenic can - cellous bone graft in a dog with a highly comminuted tibial frac ture. i. What are bone morphogenic proteins? ii. Which bone morphogenic protein is purported to have the most potent osteo - inductive effect? iii. Does deep-freezing harvested cance l lous bone have a detrimental effect on bone morphogenic proteins?