endochondral
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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 hyaline cartilage model of each limb bone will eventually be converted into bone via 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
In endochondral ossification, what happens to the chondrocytes?
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.
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