GENERAL HISTOLOGY

BONE

STRUCTURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ossification is ____
A
The formation of red blood cells
B
The formation of white blood cells
C
When minerals replace softer cartilage to form bone
D
When a bone is broken into many smaller pieces
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Endochondral ossification involves the replacement of hyaline cartilage with bony tissue. Most of the bones of the skeleton are formed in this manner. These bones are called endochondral bones. In this process, the future bones are first formed as hyaline cartilage models.

Detailed explanation-2: -Endochondral ossification begins with mesenchymal tissue transforming into a cartilage intermediate, which is later replaced by bone and forms the remainder of the axial skeleton and the long bones.

Detailed explanation-3: -: the natural process of bone formation. : the hardening (as of muscular tissue) into a bony substance. : a mass or particle of ossified tissue.

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