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*Two main types of bone development:
 
*Two main types of bone development:
 
**'''Endochondral ossification''' (cartilage model)
 
**'''Endochondral ossification''' (cartilage model)
***Long bones mainly
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***Long bones mainly - physis and metaphysis
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***Mesenchymal cells differentiate into chondroblasts
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****Produce scaffold of mineralised cartilage on which osteoblasts deposit bone
 
***Vascularised  
 
***Vascularised  
 
***Developed centres of ossification  
 
***Developed centres of ossification  
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****Secondary (epiphyseal)
 
****Secondary (epiphyseal)
 
**'''Intramembranous ossification'''  
 
**'''Intramembranous ossification'''  
***Flat bones mainly (e.g. skull)
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***Flat bones mainly (e.g. skull), shaft of long bones
 
***Mesenchymal cells differentiate into osteoblasts
 
***Mesenchymal cells differentiate into osteoblasts
 
***No cartilage precursor template
 
***No cartilage precursor template
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