bone growth
How skeletons lengthen
Bone growth is the process by which bones increase in size and density, occurring primarily during childhood and adolescence.
The term appears in medical contexts discussing development, healing, or conditions affecting the skeleton: The doctor monitored the child's bone growth, A fracture can stimulate new bone growth.
Growth plates at the ends of long bones allow lengthening until they fuse in early adulthood.
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- osteoblastsBone-synthesizing cells
- Haversian systemBone's microscopic structural unit
- periosteumFibrous bone covering
mineralization · long bones · calcification · calcium intake · growing pains · height chart · marrow · lengthening · cartilage · puberty · adolescence · epiphysis · healing · hormones · density · calcium · skeleton · height
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