Why is bone tissue organized differently (cortical versus trabecular
bone)?

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1. Which of the following regions of bone would not undergo bone remodeling as frequently as the other regions?

spongy bone

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1 osteoblasts form trabecular bone that joins together the fractured ends of the bone and bony callus replaces fibrocartilage callus
2 bone remodeling occurs and compact bone replaces the spongy bone around the periphery of the fracture site
3 fibroblasts and chondrocytes from the periosteum form the fibrocartilage callus
4 a fracture hematoma forms and bone cells in the region of the fracture die
5 phagocytes and osteoclasts begin to remove the dead cells and damaged tissue around the hematoma

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B. Central canal
C. Lacunae
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