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
All of the bones of the body, except for the flat bones of the skull, mandible, and clavicles, are formed through endochondral ossification.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Intramembranous ossification is the process of bone development from fibrous membranes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
At birth, ossification of much of the bone has occurred, but the hyaline cartilage of the epiphyseal plate will remain throughout childhood and adolescence to allow for bone lengthening.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Tertiary centers of ossification are in the lateral processes.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson
