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Bone Growth: The Wake of the Growth Plate

Magrini, Samantha H
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent162669258742215

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2021, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Anthropology.
The aims of this study are to show that bone development within the diaphysis is not controlled by mechanical forces as believed by those who follow Wolff's Laws of bone formation. Rather its design comes from genomic controls and this will be able to be seen in the physical shape of the bone. It is proposed that the morphology of the bone is simply the wake of the growth plate's temporary form, and it is genomic influences which are the primary guidance. By making cross sectional comparisons of tibia, it should be seen that the shape of the diaphysis conforms to a standard form. That form should be dictated by the shape of the base of the physis during growth. To accomplish this, subadult tibias will be 3D scanned, cross sectioned, and compared to immature growth plates to assess whether the shape of the physis at different stages of growth and development is present in a fully formed adult bone.
Linda Spurlock (Advisor)
C. Owen Lovejoy (Committee Member)
Richard Meindl (Committee Member)
36 p.
Biology; Physical Anthropology
Growth Plate; Wolffs Law; Bone Development

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  • Magrini, S. H. (2021). Bone Growth: The Wake of the Growth Plate [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent162669258742215

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Magrini, Samantha. Bone Growth: The Wake of the Growth Plate. 2021. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent162669258742215.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Magrini, Samantha. "Bone Growth: The Wake of the Growth Plate." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent162669258742215

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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