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10. Absorption of inner lamella of compact bone as the shaft 

 increases in diameter by the deposition beneath the periosteum ; 

 production of enlarged medullary cavity. 



11. Continued absorption of endochondral central bone until the 

 latter is found alone in the epiphyses, where it continues to be pro- 

 duced at the expense of the intermediate cartilage during the entire 

 future growth of the bone. 



