Bony

Kids do have kneecaps already at birth. However, they aren't always visible on x-ray, because they haven't ossified (become bony) yet. So in a way you are correct, but the kneecaps are there. The ossification process starts somewhere between 3 and 5 years of age depending on gender and ...

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... becomes too heavy for the internal muscles to lift . (.....5....) . in contrast , vertebrates have an endoskeleton . which is an internal set of bony supporting structures . (........6......) . Each bone of the skeleton has muscles fixed to its surface toward the end of the bones . (.............7.......) ...

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Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the crown group Chelonia), most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilagenous shell developed from their ribs. It is not possible to take off the shell without killing it.

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... self-contained organotypic behavior. At the University of Michigan, multipotent immortalized stem cells will be used to create a multi-component bony organ in vitro, by providing appropriate spatial and temporal cues to direct these stem cells to acquire different fates in the forming organ. ...

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... Biodegradable Implants and Matrices for Tissue/Bone Repair These technologies provide biodegradable bone implants and artificial bone matrices for bony tissue repair. They encompass: (1) a method for creating http://www.otm.uiuc.edu/techs/techdetail.asp?id=275 and of course .... .... the drivers ...

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