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

Secondary ossification centers form in the epiphyses as blood vessels and osteoblasts enter these areas and convert hyaline cartilage into spongy bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 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

The cartilage of prolongation undergoes ossification in old horses.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard