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Volkmann's canals {Ans: channels lying at right angles to the central canal, connecting blood and nerve supply of the periosteum to that of the Haversian canal}Diploe {Ans: spongy bone in flat bones}bone formation {Ans: osteogenesis}achondroplastic dwarfism {Ans: Long bones stop growing in childhood Normal torso, short limbs Failure of cartilage growth in metaphysis Spontaneous mutation produces mutant dominant allele}Greenstick fracture {Ans: bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children}calcitriol {Ans: A hormone produced from vitamin D that acts in essentially the same manner as parathyroid hormone. Increase}