| Name: | scale |
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| Synonyms: | scales |
| Definition: | Dermal bone that is thin, flexible, and platelike, and that develops in overlapping skinfolds that cover the body and often the head of fish and the bases of the fins. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000277] |
| Name: | ossification involved in bone remodeling |
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| Synonyms: | ossification involved in bone remodelling |
| Definition: | The formation or growth of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone, involved in response to injury or other physical, physiological or environmental stress stimuli. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0043932] QuickGO AmiGO |