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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

Figure 29.21 Endochondral ossification is the process of bone development from hyaline cartilage.

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

Endochondral ossification is the process of bone development from hyaline cartilage.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The most rapid ossification begins laterally at the posterior edge of the orbit and decreases anteriorly over the posterior half of the orbit.

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




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