Intramembrane ossification involves the replacement of hyaline cartilage with bony tissue. true or false ??

Question

Intramembrane ossification involves the replacement of hyaline cartilage with bony tissue.

true or false ??

Answer 1

Asad,

 

Intramembranous ossification is the process of generating osteoprogenitor cell from Mesenchymal Stem Cells during fetal development. Generation   of an osteoprogenitor cell  is the first step of bone formation.

 

Hyaline cartilage is characteristic of bone joints. It hardens during osteoarthritis but that does not imply bone formation. Hyaline cartilages feel bony but that is not Intramembranous ossification; hardening is triggered first by molecular and then physiological alterations.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Naina B. PhD

Answer 2

True. Google it.