endochondral

American  

[en-doh-kahn-druhl] / ˌɛn doʊˈkɑn drəl /

adjective

1. Anatomy. located or happening within cartilage, as opposed to on its surface. In endochondral ossification, or bone formation from cartilage, cartilage is an intermediate state developing from mesenchyme and later replaced by bone.

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• endochondrally
  adverb

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These cells differentiate into a hyaline cartilage model for each vertebra, which then grow and eventually ossify into bone through the process of endochondral ossification.

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In what ways do intramembranous and endochondral ossification differ?

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The process of endochondral ossification, which converts the cartilage models into bone, begins by the twelfth week of embryonic development.

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The bones that form the base and facial regions of the skull develop through the process of endochondral ossification.

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The clavicle is the one appendicular skeleton bone that does not develop via endochondral ossification.

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