When a patient recovering from a fractured tibia asks what callus formation is,the nurse tells her it is:
A) when blood vessels of the bone are compressed.
B) a part of the bone healing process after a fracture when new bone is being formed over the fracture site.
C) the formation of a clot over the fracture site.
D) when the hematoma becomes organized and a fibrin meshwork is formed.
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