bone physiology

Question 1

Wolff’s Law

Answer 1

bone responds to the mechanical demands imposed upon it by rearranging its internal architecture to better withstand future stresses

Question 2

osteocytes

Answer 2

• a cell characteritic of mature bone tissue
• derived from osteoblasts and embedded in the calcified matrix of bone
• found in small, round cavities called lacunae and have thin, cytoplasmic branches