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At the cellular level, there are only 3 possibilities for growth.
What are, hypertrophy, hyperplasia and secretion of extracellular matrix. All there are important for growth of the skeletal system. Hypertrophy refers to increase in individual cell size, hyperplasia increase in number, and secretion of the extracellular material which contributes to an increase in size independent of the number or size of cells themselves.