Fracture Repair Process (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Fracture Repair Process

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Graphic shows the sequence of events in the fracture repair process: innervation (nerve fiber growth and supply), vascularization (blood vessel growth and supply), ossification (production of bone-synthesizing cells) and mineralization (new bone formation).

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Leslie Chang, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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