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What is the process by which bone is formed from cartilage in the embryo?
What is the process by which bone is formed from cartilage in the embryo?
- Perichondral ossification
- Osteogenic ossification
- Chondrogenic ossification
- Endochondral ossification (correct)
What does the term 'endochondral ossification' signify?
What does the term 'endochondral ossification' signify?
- Formation of bone from cartilage (correct)
- Formation of cartilage from bone
- Formation of muscle tissue from bone
- Formation of bone from muscle tissue
At what stage does endochondral ossification begin in the embryo?
At what stage does endochondral ossification begin in the embryo?
- During the third trimester
- Very early after conception (correct)
- During the second trimester
- Just before birth
What type of cells develop before any bone forms, creating a cartilage model of where the bone will eventually be?
What type of cells develop before any bone forms, creating a cartilage model of where the bone will eventually be?
What material is the model made of before any bone forms?
What material is the model made of before any bone forms?
What is the membrane that grows around the cartilage model, after it is in place?
What is the membrane that grows around the cartilage model, after it is in place?
What does the word 'os' or 'osteo' mean in the context of the text?
What does the word 'os' or 'osteo' mean in the context of the text?
What do we call the new bone membrane around the cartilage?
What do we call the new bone membrane around the cartilage?
What is the 'model' of the bone still made of beneath the boney periosteum?
What is the 'model' of the bone still made of beneath the boney periosteum?
What is the term for the cartilage cells also known as?
What is the term for the cartilage cells also known as?
What happens to the cartilage cells when they are cut off from nutrients?
What happens to the cartilage cells when they are cut off from nutrients?
What replaces the dead chondrocytes?
What replaces the dead chondrocytes?
