Medical Quiz

Topics: Bone Development and Remodeling Quiz

During infancy and childhood, the single most important stimulus of epiphyseal plate activity is……

A. calcitonin

B. parathyroid hormone

C. alkaline phosphatase

D. growth hormone

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Cartilage-forming cells in the surrounding perichondrium secrete new matrix against the external face of the existing cartilage tissue.

A. secondary ossification

B. oppositional growth

C. bone resorption

D. appositional growth