Synostosis

The fusing of two bones together by the formation of new bone tissue.


The joining by ossification of two adjacent bones. It occurs, for example, at the sutures between the bones of the skull.


The term applied to a union by bony material of adjacent bones which are normally separate.


A rticulaion by osseous tissue of adjacent bones.


The joining of usually distinct bones through the formation of bony tissue.


 


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