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| Growth by forming new layers on the surface of pre-existing layers; process of increasing in thickness rather than length. |
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| The formation of or conversion into bone or a bony substance. |
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| Endochondrial Ossification |
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| The ossification that occurs in and replaces cartilage. |
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| Intramembranous Ossification |
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| The ossification that occurs in and replaces connective tissue. |
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| (126 bones) Bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column; Forms longitudinal axis of body |
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| (80 bones) Bones of the limbs and girdles that attach them to the axial skeleton. |
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| Thin, roughly parallel surfaces. (sternum) |
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| Irregular bones formed between cranial bones. |
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| Relatively long and slender bones. (bones in limbs) |
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| Bones with complex shapes (facial bones) |
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| Small, flat, and somewhat shaped like a sesame seed. (develop in tendons of hands, knees, feet) |
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| Small, Boxy bones. (carpals, tarsals) |
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| Mature bone cells that cannot divide; most numerous bone cell type; maintain protein and mineral content of adjacent matrix. |
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| Produces new bone matrix (osteogenesis or ossification) |
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| Mesenchymal (stem) cells that produce cells that differentiate into osteoblasts; important in fracture repair. |
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| Remove and remodel bone matrix; huge cell 50+ nuclei. |
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