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Embryonic and Fetal Bone Formation

Mesenchymal stem cell

Mesenchymal stem cell

Mesenchymal stem cells initiate the process of intramembranous ossification.

This is a micrograph of mesenchymal stem cells, which initiate the process of intramembranous ossification.

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Related Terms

  • endochondral ossification
  • intramembranous ossification
  • canaliculi
  • osteon
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