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

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

In contrast, the cranial base and facial bones are produced by the process of endochondral ossification, in which mesenchyme tissue initially produces a hyaline cartilage model of the future bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In contrast to the tendency for reduction of cranial parts in the sordida group, the baudini group, constituted by S. cyanosticta, phaeota, and baudini, is characterized by more ossification of the cranial elements.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.