Question

There currently is no cure for OI, and treatments are often aimed at preventing or controlling symptoms. One common treatment is rodding surgery, where a metal rod is inserted into a long bone to strengthen and prevent deformity. Using what you know about the structure of a typical long bone, what part of the long bone is the most likely place for this rod to be inserted?

Answer 1

The correct answer would be - the medullary cavity of the diaphysis.

Explanation:

The osteogenesis imperfecta or OI is the condition that is characterized by the groups of the genetic disorder that negatively affect the bones. It makes the bones fragile and breaks easily.

Brittle bone disease is another name of OI. It can be mild to severe depends. It can be limited by surgery in which a rod inserted in the diaphysis, a long bone with a medullary cavity with spongy bone.

Thus, the correct answer is - the medullary cavity of the diaphysis.