Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated or occurring within the substance of a membrane: as, intramembranous ossification.
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- adjective Within a
membrane
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Examples
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Hence two kinds of ossification are described: the intramembranous and the intracartilaginous.
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By the agency of these cells a thin layer of bony tissue is formed between the perichondrium and the cartilage, by the intramembranous mode of ossification just described.
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In this osteoblasts make their appearance, and the process of ossification goes on in identically the same manner as in the ordinary intramembranous ossification of bone.
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Mammalian skeletal development is controlled by two mechanisms, endochondral and intramembranous bone formation.
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The intrafrontal suture functions as an intramembranous bone growth site and remains unossified as new bone is formed
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