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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Other Word Forms

• endochondrally
  adverb

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The development of bone from fibrous membranes is called intramembranous ossification; development from hyaline cartilage is called endochondral ossification.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The hyaline cartilage model of each limb bone will eventually be converted into bone via the process of endochondral ossification.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

There are two osteogenic pathways—intramembranous ossification and endochondral ossification—but bone is the same regardless of the pathway that produces it.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013