Table 2.

Parameters used in Equations (1) and (2).

Parameter	Description	Value	Nondimensionalized
k1	Collagen assembly	0.1 day−1	0.1
k2	Number of nucleators per collagen molecule	1	1
k3	Formation of hydroxyapatite molecules	1000 day−1	1
υ1	Production of inhibitors by osteoblasts	0.1 day−1	0.1
r1	Degradation of inhibitors	2 × 10−7 day−1	0.2
R2	Use of nucleators by mineralized bone	1.7 × 10−8mol−1	12
a	Hill coefficient	10	10
b	Apparent dissociation constant for Hill function	1057	0.001