skeletal development
How bones grow
Skeletal development is the process by which bones form, grow, and mature from fetal life through adulthood.
In embryos, most bones begin as cartilage that gradually ossifies—hardens into bone.
Growth continues at cartilaginous plates near the ends of long bones until late adolescence, when these plates fuse.
Proper nutrition is essential for skeletal development in children.
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- long bonesShaft-dominant skeletal elements
- growthIncrease in size
- growth spurtPeriod of accelerated physical development
- growth plateCartilage enabling bone elongation
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