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
Bones can grow in thickness throughout life, but after age 25, ossification functions primarily in bone remodeling and repair.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They then differentiate into osteoblasts at the ossification center.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 29.21 Endochondral ossification is the process of bone development from hyaline cartilage.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Tertiary centers of ossification are in the lateral processes.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney
