| Name: | vertebra |
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| Synonyms: | vertebrae |
| Definition: | All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001189] |
| Name: | ossification involved in bone maturation |
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| Synonyms: | ossification involved in bone modeling, ossification involved in skeletal development |
| Definition: | The formation of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone, involved in the progression of the skeleton from its formation to its mature state. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0043931] QuickGO AmiGO |