Bone growth

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Longitudinal bone growth

Continuous remodeling of the epiphyseal plate on the diaphysis facing side in long bones. Ends when the chondrocytes of plate are replaced by bone.

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Appositional bone growth

Increasing thickness or width. Addition to outside by osteoblasts in the osteogenic layer of the periosteum, destruction of the endosperm surface by osteoclasts

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Infancy and childhood

Growth hormone from the anterior pituitary regulated by the thyroid- most important and ensures proper proportions of the skeleton

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Puberty

Sex hormones promote a growth spurt and sex specific changes in the skeleton- ultimately leads to closure of the epiphyseal plate