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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology
Skeletal System
Physiology Textbooks Boundless Anatomy and Physiology Skeletal System
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Section 4

Bone Formation

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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology
Physiology
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Embryonic and Fetal Bone Formation

During fetal development, bone tissue is created through intramembranous ossification and endochondral ossification.

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Postnatal Bone Growth

Secondary ossification occurs after birth at the epiphyses of long bones and continues until skeletal maturity.

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Bone Remodeling

Bone remodeling or bone turnover is the process of resorption followed by replacement of bone and occurs throughout a person's life.

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Bone Repair

Bone fractures are repaired through physiological processes in the periosteum via chrondroblasts and osteoblasts.

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