Organ or Tissue Function
chondrogenesis
Subclass of:
Musculoskeletal Development
Definitions related to chondrogenesis:
  • The formation of cartilage. This process is directed by CHONDROCYTES which continually divide and lay down matrix during development. It is sometimes a precursor to OSTEOGENESIS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (cartilage development) Formation and growth of cartilage; the process is directed by chondrocytes which continually divide and lay down matrix during development; it is sometimes a precursor to osteogenesis.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (cartilage development) The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cartilage element over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Cartilage elements are skeletal elements that consist of connective tissue dominated by extracellular matrix containing collagen type II and large amounts of proteoglycan, particularly chondroitin sulfate.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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