Ossification zone
What will be an ideal response?
Chondrocyte deterioration leaves long spicules of calcified cartilage at epiphysis-diaphysis junction. Spicules are then eroded by osteoclasts and are covered with new bone by osteoblasts. Ultimately replaced with spongy bone.
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What are the non-coding segments of DNA
called?
a. introns b. exons c. inseqs d. excisors e. incisors
The direction of water flow is indicated by
a. A. b. B. c. C. d. D. e. E.
Plasma membrane phospholipids are
a. located mostly in the outer leaflet of the bilayer. b. located mostly in the inner leaflet of the bilayer. c. symmetrically distributed between the two membrane halves. d. asymmetrically distributed between the two membrane halves.