Correctly match the definition and term: Replacement of hyaline cartilage with bony tissue to form a bone.

A. Interstitial growth
B. Endochondral ossification
C. Intramembranous ossification
D. Epiphyseal plate
E. Appositional growth


Ans: B. Endochondral ossification

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