USTUKhON, yak nav boftai payvastii hayvonoti muhrador va odam az hujayrahoyu moddai baynihujayravii sakhta iborat ast, ki doroi namakhoi kalsiy va safeda (beshtar kollagen) buda, ustukhonro mustahkamu chandir mekunand.
Yakjoya bo bandu bugumho, bandakho va mushakhoe, ki tavassuti pay ba Ustukhon vasl meshavand, «dastgoh»-i takyayu tahrikro ba vujud meorad. Qobiliyati az nav bar qarorshavi dorad: hujayrahoi kuhna nobud gashta, ba nvazi onho hujayrahoi nav inkishof moyoband. Regonerasiya (tajdid)-i Ustukhon az hisobi numui ustukhonparda ba vujud meoyad. Roje ba dardhoi ustukhon nigared Osteomolyasiya, Osteomielit, Rakhit.