Bone formation, also called ossification, process by which new bone is produced. Ossification begins
about the third month of fetal life in humans
and is completed by late adolescence.
At what age does ossification begin?
Bone ossification, or osteogenesis, is the process of bone formation. This process begins
between the sixth and seventh weeks of embryonic development
and continues until about age twenty-five; although this varies slightly based on the individual.
Does ossification begin before birth?
Early in gestation
, a fetus has a cartilaginous skeleton from which the long bones and most other bones gradually form throughout development and for years after birth in a process called endochondral ossification
Does ossification occurs both before and after birth?
The formation of bone during the fetal stage of development occurs by two processes: intramembranous ossification
Where does ossification occur first?
The first site of ossification occurs in
the primary center of ossification
, which is in the middle of diaphysis (shaft). The perichondrium becomes the periosteum. The periosteum contains a layer of undifferentiated cells (osteoprogenitor cells) that later become osteoblasts.
What are the steps of ossification?
The process of bone formation is called osteogenesis or ossification. After progenitor cells form osteoblastic lines, they proceed with three stages of development of cell differentiation, called
proliferation, maturation of matrix, and mineralization
.
What happens during ossification?
This process occurs primarily in the bones of the skull. In other cases, the
mesenchymal cells differentiate into cartilage
, and this cartilage is later replaced by bone. The process by which a cartilage intermediate is formed and replaced by bone cells is called endochondral ossification
What causes ossification?
HO occurs after other injuries, too. HO has been known to occur in cases of traumatic
brain injury
, stroke, poliomyelitis, myelodysplasia, carbon monoxide poisoning, spinal cord tumors, syringomyelia, tetanus, multiple sclerosis, post total hip replacements, post joint arthroplasty, and after severe burns.
Which bones ossify first?
There are two centers of ossification for endochondral ossification. In long bones, bone tissue first appears in
the diaphysis
What is the law of ossification?
Vaishakh Rajkumar. Emergency Medicine. According to the law of ossification, the centre of ossification that appears first,
is the last to unite
. The fibula bone violates the law as its distal end appears first but unites before its proximal part which appears
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When do primary centers of ossification appear?
A primary ossification center is the first area of a bone to start ossifying. It usually appears
during prenatal development
in the central part of each developing bone. In long bones the primary centers occur in the diaphysis
Is epiphysis present at birth?
1. The
inferior femoral epiphysis
, judging from all available data, is present in about 1 case in 20 in the eighth fetal month, in 1 case in 3 in the ninth month, in 6 cases in 7 in the tenth month, and in about 19 cases in 20 at birth (full-term infants).
What is the last bone to ossify?
The clavicle (collar bone)
, pictured here, is the last bone to complete growth, at about age 25.
What are the 4 steps of ossification?
1 – Intramembranous Ossification: Intramembranous ossification follows four steps. (a) Mesenchymal cells group into clusters, differentiate into osteoblasts, and ossification centers
What is the process of endochondral ossification?
During endochondral ossification,
chondrocytes proliferate, undergo hypertrophy and die
; the cartilage extracellular matrix they construct is then invaded by blood vessels, osteoclasts, bone marrow cells and osteoblasts, the last of which deposit bone on remnants of cartilage matrix.
What is Osteon?
Osteon,
the chief structural unit of compact (cortical) bone
, consisting of concentric bone layers called lamellae, which surround a long hollow passageway, the Haversian canal (named for Clopton Havers, a 17th-century English physician).
