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6.4A: Embryonic and Fetal Bone Formation
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During fetal development, bone tissue is created through intramembranous ossification and endochondral ossification.
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6.4B: Postnatal Bone Growth
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Secondary ossification occurs after birth at the epiphyses of long bones and continues until skeletal maturity.
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6.4C: Bone Remodeling
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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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6.4D: Bone Repair
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Bone fractures are repaired through physiological processes in the periosteum via chrondroblasts and osteoblasts.