HIERARCHIC SKELETAL ORGANIZATION - A FACTOR REGULATING THE STRUCTURE OF FATIGUE INJURIES. PART II. HYPOTHETICAL MODEL OF FORMATION AND DISTRUPTION OF BONDS BETWEEN CRYSTALLITE ASSOCIATIONS

Abstract

The authors discuss the questions concerning local structural-temporal changes in skeletal mineralization degree, local hyper-mineralization, the role of the spatial gradient of skeletal mineralization in forces distribution during locomotion, microstructural distribution of crystallite associations, ultrastructural mineral matrix transformation in the process of its formation. Hypothetical mechanisms of joining crystallite associations into a unified mineral complex are suggested; a hypothetical spatial structure of junction formation between the nearest crystallite associations is described, as well as a supposed schema of mineral massif destruction and restoration of disrupted connections.

Keywords

• microinjuries of bone
• hierarchic organization of the skeleton