ossification
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The ossification of the bone fragments also indicates that pressure was occasionally applied to the stump as the young hunter-gatherer probably rested on it after the limb was removed, he added.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
They then differentiate into osteoblasts at the ossification center.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Ossification is distinct from the process of calcification; whereas calcification takes place during the ossification of bones, it can also occur in other tissues.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Bones can grow in thickness throughout life, but after age 25, ossification functions primarily in bone remodeling and repair.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The early ossification of the baculum noted in the rat and the hamster occurs in Microtus also.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney
