callus

(noun)

the material of repair in fractures of bone which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece

Related Terms

Examples of callus in the following topics:

  • Bone Remodeling and Repair

    • The repair tissue between the broken bone ends, the fibrocartilaginous callus, is composed of both hyaline and fibrocartilage .
    • Bony callous formation: The fibrocartilaginous callus is converted into a bony callus of spongy bone.
    • Bone remodeling: The bony callus is then remodelled by osteoclasts and osteoblasts, with excess material on the exterior of the bone and within the medullary cavity being removed.

  • Natural and Artificial Methods of Asexual Reproduction in Plants

    • The plant part often gives rise to an undifferentiated mass, known as a callus, from which, after a period of time, individual plantlets begin to grow.