Term: scale ossification involved in bone remodeling
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Name: scale
Synonyms: scales
Definition: Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000277]
Name: ossification involved in bone remodeling
Synonyms: ossification involved in bone remodelling
Definition: The formation or growth of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone, involved in response to injury or other physical, physiological or environmental stress stimuli.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0043932]    QuickGO    AmiGO