The nurse is explaining the growth of long bones to a mother of a toddler.The nurse knows that bones increase in width or diameter by deposition of new bony tissue around the shafts.The nurse also knows that lengthening occurs at the:

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Long bones grow in two dimensions: in width or diameter,by deposition of new bony tissue around the shafts,and in length,which occurs at the epiphyses,or growth plates.

The Nurse Is Explaining the Growth of Long Bones to a Mother