A patient's fracture is healing and callus is being deposited in the bone matrix. This process characterizes what phase of the bone healing process?
A) The reparative phase
B) The reactive phase
C) The remodeling phase
D) The revascularization phase
Ans: A
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Callus formation takes place during the reparative phase of bone healing. The reactive phase occurs immediately after injury and the remodeling phase builds on the reparative phase. There is no discrete revascularization phase.
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