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What is the best definition of osteogenesis?
The term means the process of bone making. Osteo=bone+gen=make+esis=process of.
Slim long bone beneath the ear?
That bone is called as mandible or jaw bone. You have a pointed process below the ear in bony skull, called as styloid process.
Turn into bone?
The process of turning into bone is called ossification.
What is the process of tearing down and rebuilding bone matrix is called?
The ongoing process of tearing down and rebuilding bone matrix is called osteoclasts.
What is the process if bone hardening called?
"calcification"
What is the ongoing process of tearing down and rebuilding bone matrix called?
The ongoing process of tearing down and rebuilding bone matrix is called osteoclasts.
Cartilage is replaced by bone in a process called .?
ossification
What is the cartilage articulates with another bone or bone process called?
It is just called an articular cartilage. The type of cartilage is fibrocartilage.
What are bone forming cells?
The bone cells that break down bone are called osteoclasts (bone+breaker).There are others called osteoblasts (bone+builder) which build bone. Usually there are about equal numbers of them in your body.They are always breaking and rebuilding in a process called bone remodeling. This is a life long process and your body will replace bones at a 10% rate per year.As you grow older, the osteoclasts out number the osteoblasts and the process of osteopenia (less dense bone) and osteoporosis ( weak bone or bone+holes) occurs.
What is the bone behind your ear called?
A skull (very funny) the bone behind your ear is called the mastoid process. the mastoid bone is the most posterior part of the temporal bone of your skull.
What is the triangular bone under the sternum?
It is called the Xiphoid Process.
Knuckle-like process at the end of a bone is called a?
Condyle
