Preferred Name

secondary ossification center

Synonyms

centrum ossificationis secundarium

secondary ossification centre

secundarium

Definitions

A secondary ossification center is the area of ossification that appears after the primary ossification center has already appeared - most of which appear during the postnatal and adolescent years. Most bones have more than one secondary ossification center. In long bones, the secondary centres appear in the epiphyses.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010357

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Ossification_center#Secondary

FMA:75448

definition

A secondary ossification center is the area of ossification that appears after the primary ossification center has already appeared - most of which appear during the postnatal and adolescent years. Most bones have more than one secondary ossification center. In long bones, the secondary centres appear in the epiphyses.

has exact synonym

centrum ossificationis secundarium

secondary ossification centre

has_broad_synonym

secundarium

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0010357

label

secondary ossification center

notation

UBERON:0010357

prefLabel

secondary ossification center

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010355

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