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Tubulation





- Discussion:
    -   type of bone remodeling in which there is widening of marrow cavity
            as the cortical diameter increases with growth;
    - tubulation occurs from osteoclastic activity on endosteal surface of diaphysis;




Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.