腦砂Corpora arenaceabrain sandacervuli[1][2]corpus arenaceum[3])是松果體脈絡叢等大腦區域的鈣化結構。年老的生物體內有許多的腦砂,其功能暫時是未知的。腦砂的濃度會隨著生物體年齡的增長而增加,因此隨著時間的流逝,通常在第三十年或第四十年中,松果體在X射線的照射下會變得越來越明顯。 它們有時在影像診斷學中用作解剖標誌物[4]。有化學分析表明,它們由羥磷灰石[5]碳酸鈣磷酸鎂英语Magnesium phosphate磷酸銨[6]方解石沉積物[7]組成。

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