Ossification
This process is called ossification.
Ossification
Ossification the the process that occurs when cartilage is replaced by bones!
ossification
ossification
Babies are not mostly cartilage, fetuses are. The reason why they are is because they undergo a process known as endochondral ossification. Basically, the fetus creates an outline of what the skeleton should look like with a hyaline cartilage model. Then this cartilage is replaced with the bone cells which create a bone matrix.
They are mostly made out of cartilage. As the child ages, more and more of the cartilage ossifies (turns to bone). This process is essentially complete by age 21 or so.
Articular cartilage
Cartilage is gradually replaced by bone during the process of bone formation called ossification.Now u can die in peace ;)cidebita. FTW
It is just called an articular cartilage. The type of cartilage is fibrocartilage.
Another word for the noun cartilage is ossein. Another synonym for cartilage is osseous matter. A related term for cartilage is bony process.
Any animal with cartilage can have chondromalacia, which is a degenerative process that causes cartilage to soften.