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bone resorption exceeds bone formation
bones become weak and fragile |
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| The break tears blood vessels and a blood clot accumulates at the site. Bone near the break dies, because its blood supply has been interrupted |
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- Soft callus- rich mixture of of granulation tissue, cartilage, and woven bone. it loosely unites the ends of a broken bone but cannot bear weight
- Bony callus- the soft callus turns into bony callus: as more bone is deposited and the woven bone and cartilage are increasingly replaced by spongy bone. It binds the bone ends more securly and is capable of limited weight bearing
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| Bone has not broken through the skin |
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| Bone protrudes through the skin |
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