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The ossific centers appear in the intervals between the articular depressions for the coastal cartilages, in the following order: in the manubrium and first piece of the body, during the sixth month; in the second and third pieces of the body, during the seventh month of fetal life; in its fourth piece, during the first year after birth; and in the xiphoid process, between the fifth and eighteenth years.
Its component parts are not fused in the fetus.
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Why is a transplant consisting of fetal tissue less likely to provoke an immune rejection response than tissue from an adult?
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Yes
