cartilage bone

American  

noun

1. a bone that develops from cartilage.

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cartilage bone British  

noun

1. any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane Compare membrane bone

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Example Sentences

These are all the cartilage bones that appear in the cranium and upper jaw of the frog.

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Reichert objected to the distinction drawn by Kölliker, and denied that there was either a histological or a morphological difference between membrane and cartilage bones.

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The development of the cartilage bones, however, is more complicated.

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In all cartilage is dotted, cartilage bone cross-barred, and membrane bone, white.

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Is there a clear line of demarcation between membrane bones and cartilage bones?

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