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
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
Ossification is distinct from the process of calcification; whereas calcification takes place during the ossification of bones, it can also occur in other tissues.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The pterygoids do not appear until metamorphosis, when ossification is evident in only the mid-parts of the posterolateral arms.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
