Bone growth diagrams show the progression of development of the bone over a period of time. This visually displays where a bone accepts blood vessels or where cartilage develops. This type of skeletal diagram also may show a cross section of a bone and the different layers within a bone: bone marrow, osteoclasts, cancellous bone, and cortical bone.
How Bones Grow in Diameter While bones are increasing in length, they are also increasing in diameter; growth in diameter can continue even after longitudinal growth ceases. This growth by adding to the free surface of bone is called appositional growth.
In endochondral ossification, bone develops by replacing hyaline cartilage. Activity in the epiphyseal plate enables bones to grow in length (this is interstitial growth). Appositional growth allows bones to grow in diameter. Remodeling occurs as bone is resorbed and replaced by new bone.
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