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ossification

Process whereby bone is formed in vertebrate animals by special cells (osteoblasts) that secrete layers of extracellular matrix on the surface of the existing cartilage. Conversion to bone occurs through the deposition of calcium phosphate crystals within the matrix.

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ossification (redirected from ossified)

ossification

ossification
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