Bone remodelling: should we cry Wolff?
Wolff's Law describes the relationship between the structure and function of bone. Julius Wolff based his law on a comparison of the stress trajectories in Culmann's crane with the pattern of trabecular bone in the femoral neck. However, his analysis was based on a misinterpretation of mechanical data and a rejection of bone resorption. Wilhelm Roux was the first to accurately describe the adaptation of bone to altered load, so Roux's Law would be a more accurate eponym.
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D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000266:history*; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004850:Eponyms; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013314:Stress, Mechanical