"center" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In the calcaneus, an ossification center is developed during the 4-7th week of fetal development.
- In the patella an ossification centre develops between the ages 3-6 years.
- There are two types of ossification centers - primary and secondary.
- A primary ossification center is the first area of a bone to start ossifying.
- Most bones have more than one secondary ossification center.
- During the 7-8th intrauterine month an ossification center is formed in the talus.
- Bones are connected by hyaline cartilage and sometimes occur between ossification centers.
- Examples in humans are the "growth plates" between ossification centers in long bones.
- About the time of birth, a secondary ossification center appears in each end (epiphysis) of long bones.
- The point of union of the primary and secondary ossification centers is called the epiphyseal line.
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