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Ectopic means that something in the body is growing in a place it shouldn't be. Ossification is the creation of bone. So Ectopic Ossification refers to bone that is growing somewhere it shouldn't be growing. It can occur in many parts of the body . . . joints, inner ear, genitals, and other tissues.
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What is the process of cartilage turning into hard adults bones?
Ossification
Most bones of the body form by which type of ossification?
Intramembranous ossification
Ossification of flat bones is called?
Intramembranous ossification
What are the two types of ossification?
Intramembranous and Endochondral Ossification
What is the process by which bones form?
ossification
What is the process of bone formation called?
Ossification (or osteogenesis) is the generic term for bone formation. There are two basic types: membranous ossification and endochondral ossification.
Ossification that involves replacing cartilage with bone is?
Endochondral ossification
How do you use ossification in a sentence?
Ossification occurs when bones are formed.
What is the type of ossification in bones preformed in cartilage?
Endochondral ossification! :)
What type of ossification occurs in the roof of the skull?
Intramembranous ossification
How was bones form?
There are two ways bones are formed, intramembranous ossification, and endochondral ossification. Intramembranous ossification is how the flat bones are formed, while the long bones are formed with endochondral ossification.
What are the outward conical projections on some fetal cranial?
ossification centers
