But it's the hydroxy appetite that gives the bone the ability to resist compressive forces. Now, this process of bone remodeling, so breaking down our bone and rebuilding our bone takes place during the lifetime of the organism and it also helps us rebuild our bones when we fracture those bones. So let's discuss the different steps involved in this bone metabolism, bone remodeling process. So let's begin with step A. In step A, we basically have our resting bone. We have the matrix of the bone, as shown.