Term Name: ossification
Synonyms: bone biosynthesis, bone formation, osteogenesis
Definition: The formation of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001503]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: bone mineralization osteoblast differentiation
is a type of: multicellular organismal process
has subtype: direct ossification intratendonous ossification ligamentous ossification ossification involved in bone maturation ossification involved in bone remodeling replacement ossification
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of ossification
positively regulated by: positive regulation of ossification
regulated by: regulation of ossification