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Wolff's law is concerned with ________.Wolff's law is concerned with ________.the diameter of the bone being dependent on the ratio of osteoblasts to osteoclaststhe function of bone being dependent on shapevertical growth of bones being dependent on agethe thickness and shape of a bone being dependent on stresses placed upon it

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The thickness and shape of a bone being dependent on stresses placed upon it

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Wolff's law plays a fundamental role in the study of exercise physiology, which is a field of science characterized by the study of the acute and chronic effects of physical exercise on the structures and functions of the human body systems.

According to Wolff's law, the stress imposed on bones generates changes in their size, shape and density.

When a bone is mechanically stimulated transversely, there is an increase in osteoclastic activity(destruction of bone tissue) in the pressed area and an increase in osteoblastic(fibrous matrix production) activity in the contralateral area.