Mesh term Bone Development
Browse to parent terms:Musculoskeletal Development
Description
The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS.Browse to child terms:
Calcification, Physiologic
Maxillofacial Development
Osteogenesis
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