Making the Mold: A Microstructural Perspective on Bone Modeling during Growth and Mechanical Adaptation
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Corey M. Maggiano
- Source
- Bone Histology ISBN: 9780429248719
- Subject
- Materials science
medicine.anatomical_structure
Mature Bone
medicine.medical_treatment
Intramembranous ossification
Long bone
medicine
Anatomy
Bone tissue
Endochondral ossification
Reduction (orthopedic surgery)
Bone modeling
- Language
Endochondral ossification results in the extension of long bones. Intracortical remodeling maintains the constitutional integrity of existing bone tissue. What then accounts for growth and mechanical adaptation of intramembranous bones and diaphyses; the reduction of the metaphyses and compaction of trabecular voids during long bone extension; and the achievement of mature bone curvature, orientation, and robusticity?