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endochondral ossification
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endochondral ossification [¦en·dō′kän·drəl ‚äs·ə·fə′kā·shən]
(physiology)
The conversion of cartilage into bone. Also known as intracartilaginous ossification.
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It is characterised by rhizomelic shortness of the limbs and spinal stenosis, secondary to abnormalities of endochondral ossification.
Ossification of the thoracic ligamentum flavum in an achondroplastic ... by K Suzuki and M Kanamori and M Nobukiyo / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
In addition, Pb has important in vivo effects on endochondral bone formation, as Pb-exposed mice and rats have altered growth plate morphology and decreased longitudinal growth (Gonzalez-Riola et al.
Lead induces chondrogenesis and alters transforming growth ... by Zuscik, Michael J.; Ma, Lin; Buckley, Taylor; Edward Puzas, J.; Drissi, Hicham; Schwarz, Edward M.; / Environmental Health Perspectives
The cartilage component is variable and can show endochondral ossification with bone formation, coarse calcifications, or loosely arranged mature hyaline cartilage.
Small round cell tumors of bone by Hameed, Meera / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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