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

Example Sentences

All of the bones of the body, except for the flat bones of the skull, mandible, and clavicles, are formed through endochondral ossification.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

In what ways do intramembranous and endochondral ossification differ?

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In young specimens no distinct ossification of the cleithrum or ossification of endochondral centers are evident.

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