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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A similar process of endochondral ossification gives rises to the bones and joints of the limbs.

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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 endochondral ossification, bone develops by replacing hyaline cartilage.

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In contrast, the cranial base and facial bones are produced by the process of endochondral ossification, in which mesenchyme tissue initially produces a hyaline cartilage model of the future bone.

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

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