appositional growth
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haversian canal
enclosure of osteoblast bone tissue
appositional growth
increase in the diameter of the bone
osteoclasts
process continues as osteoblasts continue to secrete osseous tissue--osteoclasts destroy bone inside the medullary cavity, increasing the diameter
appositional growth
ridges form on either side of a blood vessel
osteoblasts
secrete matrix near the periosteum
osteoblasts
surrounded by own bone matrix and become osteocytes
endosteum
the lining of the blood vessel, ridges fuse enclosing the blood vessel
osteon
when osteoblasts continue to secrete bone tissue
