endochondral ossification

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The formation of bone in which a cartilage template is gradually replaced by a bone matrix, as in the formation of long bones or in osteoarthritic ossification of synovial cartilage.

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Words nearby endochondral ossification

endocentric, endocervical, endocervicitis, endocervix, endochondral bone, endochondral ossification, endocolitis, endocranial, endocranial cast, endocranium, endocrine

How to use endochondral ossification in a sentence

In his study of centres of ossification, Owen made in point of theory a distinct advance on his predecessors.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
When ossification sets in, the ear-capsule forms three bones, of which two fuse with the supraoccipital and exoccipitals.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
The foundations of the skull are now complete, and ossification gradually sets in.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Three rings of bone forming three more or less complete vertebræ are the final result of ossification.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

In the same way the process of ossification supplants the cartilaginous skeleton.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell