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Bone Development MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Bone Development
Tree Number(s)
G07.345.500.325.377.625.050.500
G11.427.578.050.500
Unique ID
D001846
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001846
Annotation
OSTEOGENESIS is also available
Scope Note
The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS.
Entry Term(s)
Bone Growth
NLM Classification #
WE 202
Public MeSH Note
65
History Note
65
Date Introduced
1965/01/01
Last Updated
2018/02/06
Bone Development Preferred
Bone Growth Narrower
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