dermal bones
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Bone deriving from deposition of bony tissue in or around previously formed connective tissue; = os investientia = allostoses = connective tissue bone. Counterpart: Cartilaginous bones = ossa substituentia = autostoses = replacement bones: Bone formed by deposition of bone tissue on the surface of (perichondrial) or inside of (endochondrial) skeletal elements preformed in cartilage.