The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS.
    

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Wachsthum des menschlichen Skeletes : mit Bezug auf den Riesen / von Karl Langer.

Skeleton keys : an introduction to human skeletal morphology, development, and analysis / Jeffrey H. Schwartz.

Calcium and bone health.

Traité expérimental et clinique de la régénération des os : et de la production artificielle du tissu osseux / par L. Ollier.

Die Knochenbildung / von Dr. Stefan Krompecher.

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Wachsthum des menschlichen Skeletes : mit Bezug auf den Riesen / von Karl Langer.

Skeleton keys : an introduction to human skeletal morphology, development, and analysis / Jeffrey H. Schwartz.

Calcium and bone health.

Traité expérimental et clinique de la régénération des os : et de la production artificielle du tissu osseux / par L. Ollier.

Die Knochenbildung / von Dr. Stefan Krompecher.