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ossification

[os-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌɒs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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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

The effect of gravity and the lack of buoyancy on land meant that body weight was suspended on the limbs, leading to increased strengthening and ossification of the limbs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The development of bone from fibrous membranes is called intramembranous ossification; development from hyaline cartilage is called endochondral ossification.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The clavicle develops via intramembranous ossification, in which mesenchyme is converted directly into bone tissue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Initially the frontoparietals are present as thin rods of ossification dorsomedial to the orbits; the frontoparietals extend from the anterior to the posterior end of the orbit by developmental stage 44.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.




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