title: General principles.
abstract: This article outlines basic bone structure and physiology, reviews the fundamental concepts of bone injury, briefly correlates bone edema patterns with mechanism of injury, and finally reviews magnetic resonance imaging during fracture healing.
authors: Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Macmahon
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Eustace
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging