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
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
Endochondral ossification is the process of bone development from hyaline cartilage.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
They group together to form the primary ossification center.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The primary ossification is present at an early age and subsequently increases in size and solidity.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney
