Bone Development

**Definition:** The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS.

**Tree numbers:** - G07.345.500.325.377.625.050.500 - G11.427.578.050.500