Morphogenesis, growth, and modeling of the skeletal system are dynamic processes, and the skeleton, once formed, is managed dynamically through remodeling. Attempts at consensus definitions and scripts for such processes will provoke heated debate, especially among the kinship of brothers who revere the skeleton. A review chapter of the likes conceived herein will provide grist for debate. This is good. Considerable information is available in the literature on bone morphogenesis, growth, modeling, and remodeling. However, in preparing this review, it struck me that the line distinguishing growth, modeling, and remodeling, curiously, was sometimes gossamery. Fundamental and guiding building blocks from seminal publications of several distinguished workers helped focus.
