The pain in the leg that is referred to as "shin splints" is often caused by microtears in the periosteum and perforating fibers. these tears lead to inflammation of the periosteum. considering the type of tissue found in the periosteum, which cells do you think would be most involved in the repair process?
the pain in the leg that is referred to as "shin splints" is often caused by microtears in the periosteum and perforating fibers. these tears lead to inflammation of the periosteum. considering the type of tissue found in the periosteum, which cells do you think would be most involved in the repair process?
fibroblasts
chondroblasts
osteoblasts
osteoclasts

Fibroblasts

Explanation:

The periosteum is the membrane that serves to line the bones. The membrane consists of connective tissue, osteoblast cells, and osteogenic cells. Osteogenic cells and osteoblasts are involved in the growth and repair of bones as well their the nutrition of bones.

The connective tissue of periosteum consists of cells such as fibroblasts which in turn are the large and immature cells involved in secretion of fibers, ground substances and most of the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues. Therefore, the tearing of the periosteum would be repaired with the help of fibroblasts.

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!