Published normal histomorphometric data were used to derive distributions of thicknesses of
trabecular plates and completed bone remodelling units (the basic multicellular unit carrying
out bone remodelling, the BMU, when completed is termed a structural unit BSU). A
stochastic model was set up to investigate the predictions of current BMU theory. Each of
100 trabecular" thicknesses" was drawn from the appropriate normal distribution using a
pseudorandom number generator. Each day, each of its two surfaces when quiescent was …