Bone Composition and Formation - Outline

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Bone Composition and Formation - Outline

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Functions of Bone

Composition of Bone

Minerals in bone

Formula of hydroxyapatite

The protein matrix of bone

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Cells in bone

Reasons for bone remodelling

Sequence of events in bone remodelling

Osteoclasts

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Sequence of events in bone remodelling

Osteoblasts

Sequence of events in bone tissue formation

How osteoblasts cause precipitation of calcium phosphate

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Piezoelectric effect

Sequence of events in bone remodelling

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Osteocytes

General points

Longitudinal Growth of a Long Bone in Childhood - Primary Ossification Center

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Secondary Ossification Center

Development of a long bone - diagram. See A&P Figures 6.13 and 6.15

Zones of the Epiphyseal Plate

Author: Virginia Utermohlen, MD

Email: vu10@cornell.edu

Home Page: http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ns341/341_00/bone.html

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