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Bone Response to Damage (view source)
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****Contains osteoblasts and osteoprogenitor stem cells in young animals and in adults with fractures or disease
****Contains osteoblasts and osteoprogenitor stem cells in young animals and in adults with fractures or disease
**Rich supply of nerves and lymph vessels
**Rich supply of nerves and lymph vessels
**Damage to the periosteum invokes a hyperplastic reaction of the inner layer
**Damage to periosteum:
***Invokes a hyperplastic reaction of the inner layer
***Is painful
***Exostoses can remodel or remain
**Lifting of periosteum:
***Causes new bone formation below
**Circumferential incision (e.g. during [[Bones - fracture|fracture]])
***Longitudinal bone growth results
***May be only on one side where periosteum is damaged
****Used by surgeons to treat angular limb deformities
*'''Blood vessels'''
*'''Blood vessels'''
**Nutrient, metaphyseal, periosteal arteries
**Nutrient, metaphyseal, periosteal arteries