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| Functional Matrix Hypothesis |
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| “The functional matrix is primary and the |
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| presence, size, shape, spatial position, and |
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| growth
of any skeletal unit is secondary, |
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| compensatory, and mechanically obligated to |
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| changes in the size, shape, spatial position of |
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| its related functional matrix” (Moss, 1968) |
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