L4.7: Developmental Aspects of the Skeleton

• Birth to Adulthood – SKELETAL SYSTEM NO BONES YET

  ○ Long bones of a fetus are hyaline cartilage.

  ○ Earliest flat bones of the fetal skull are fibrous membranes.

  ○ As the fetus grows, all bone models are transformed into bones.

  ■ Ossification