intramembranous ossification

id: GO:0001957
name: intramembranous ossification
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The formation of bone in which osteoblasts secrete a collagen-proteoglycan matrix that binds calcium salts and becomes calcified. Intramembranous ossification is the way flat bones and the shell of a turtle are formed.

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