When the child reaches skeletal maturity ( 18 to 25 years of age ), all of the cartilage is replaced by bone, fusing the diaphysis and both epiphyses together ( epiphyseal closure ).

When the rate of bone formation exceeds the rate of bone resorption, soft tissue < sup > 44 </ sup > Ca /< sup > 40 </ sup > Ca rises.

When attacking smaller prey, such as young lambs, the kill is made by biting the skull and spinal regions, causing massive tissue and bone damage.

When health conditions warrant, immune system organs including the thymus, spleen, portions of bone marrow, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues can be surgically excised for examination while patients are still alive.

When Europeans first arrived, inhabitants of New Guinea and nearby islands – while still relying on bone, wood, and stone tools – had a productive agricultural system.

When this house was excavated, fragments of stone, bone and antler were found.

When it has caught and eaten that prey, it closes its right aortic arch and uses its left aortic arch to flush blood loaded with carbon dioxide from its muscles directly to its stomach ; the resulting excess acidity in its blood supply makes it much easier for the stomach lining to secrete more stomach acid to quickly dissolve bulks of swallowed prey flesh and bone.

When told that his party, including his own campaign manager, Stephen W. Dorsey, was involved, Garfield directed MacVeagh and James to root out the corruption in the Post Office Department " to the bone ", regardless of where it might lead.

When unhooking a Chub with a disgorger be very careful not to poke your fingers into the Chubs mouth as they have sharp / bone crushing pharyngeal teeth at the back of their mouths.

When converted to the retinal ( retinaldehyde ) form, vitamin A is essential for vision, and when converted to retinoic acid, is essential for skin health, teeth remineralization and bone growth.

When bone marrow suppression occurs and there are low levels of blood cells, the animal may not respond to treatment.

When blood in the joint is broken down by enzymes in the body, the bone in that area is also degraded.

When the bone reaches its highest point, the shot cuts to that of a similarly-shaped space station in orbit above the earth.

When it was discovered that in most mammals immature B cells are formed in bone marrow, the word B cell continued to be used, although other blood cells also originate from pluripotent stem cells in the bone marrow.

When the diagnosis is uncertain, or serious causes are suspected, bone marrow biopsy is often necessary.

When it is discovered the bullet has lodged deep into his thigh bone, he watches an interracial pornographic film to divert his attention ( and blood flow ) from the wound while the bullet is removed.

When the gingiva become so irritated that there is a loss of the connective tissue fibers that attach the gums to the teeth and bone that surrounds the tooth, this is known as periodontitis.

When standing free, obtuse angles are formed between the dog's upper thigh and the hip bone, the upper thigh and the lower thigh, and the lower thigh and metatarsal.

When he overextended his swing while batting during a game on August 23, Musial fractured a bone in his left shoulder socket and tore muscles over his collarbone.

When the rhinoplasty requires a bone graft, it is harvested from either the cranium, the hips, or the rib cage ; moreover, when neither type of autologous graft is available, a synthetic graft ( nasal implant ) is used to augment the nasal bridge.

When prey is swallowed whole, owls regurgitate pellets of bone and other non-digestible bits about 6 to 10 hours later, usually in the same location where the prey was consumed.

When soft tissue absorption is subtracted out, the BMD can be determined from the absorption of each beam by bone.

Obviously the name means “ aboriginal abyss ,” or in the terser German, Urgrund, and we have reason to believe it to be a translation of the Babylonian Tiamat, “ the Deep .”< p > The Chinese legend tells us that P ’ an-Ku ’ s bones changed to rocks ; his flesh to earth ; his marrow, teeth and nails to metals ; his hair to herbs and trees ; his veins to rivers ; his breath to wind ; and his four limbs became pillars marking the four corners of the world, — which is a Chinese version not only of the Norse myth of the Giant Ymir, but also of the Babylonian story of Tiamat .< p > Illustrations of P ’ an-Ku represent him in the company of supernatural animals that symbolize old age or immortality, viz., the tortoise and the crane ; sometimes also the dragon, the emblem of power, and the phoenix, the emblem of bliss .< p > When the earth had thus been shaped from the body of P ’ an-Ku, we are told that three great rivers successively governed the world: first the celestial, then the terrestrial, and finally the human sovereign.

When a transferrin protein loaded with iron encounters a transferrin receptor on the surface of a cell ( e. g., to erythroid precursors in the bone marrow ), it binds to it and, as a consequence, is transported into the cell in a vesicle by receptor-mediated endocytosis.

When this mutation occurs in a bone marrow stem cell ( which are used to make red blood cells as well as white blood cells and platelets ), all of the cells it produces will also have the defect.

When an infection occurs, mature basophils will be released from the bone marrow and travel to the site of infection.

When the body has sufficient iron to meet its needs ( functional iron ), the remainder is stored for later use in all cells, but mostly in the bone marrow, liver, and spleen.

When he finally tells her, she tries to punish him but collapses ; a doctor later diagnoses her with leukaemia, and tells Kok Pin that she will die without a bone marrow transplant.

When metastasis does occur, it is usually to the liver, spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow.

When an attendant of the lord asked him why he had done this, he replied that the disease was in the marrow and was incurable.

: When you've cooked the marrow of the sun and moon

When he feared the Council was going to take it off him, the neighbours agreed to help out, although he was furious when Ray Langton carved " Albert rules OK " into his marrow.

When Kristina is diagnosed with leukemia in 2004 and needs bone marrow, Alexis is forced to tell Sonny the truth.

When core convection does not occur, a helium-rich core develops surrounded by an outer layer of hydrogen.

# To satisfy one's desires: When a person indulges in material pleasures, he or she subsequently develops a stronger desire to enjoy more of it ( Vāsanā ).

When Teela develops " Plateau trance ", they find themselves forced to land.

When the bud develops, the scales may enlarge somewhat but usually just drop off, leaving on the surface of the growing stem a series of horizontally-elongated scars.

When the convergent movement of the two plates results in continental collision, the basin becomes shallower and develops into a foreland basin.

When bronchial tubes are blocked, this condition develops and will cause patients to feel a shortness of breath.

When one then develops the photographic plate, one recognizes that the silhouette of the phosphorescent substance appears in black on the negative.

When these irritate the brain, the person develops hepatic encephalopathy ( confusion, coma, seizures and finally life-threatening swelling of the brain ).

When older, it develops some large trunks and numerous thicker and longer branches.

** Diploid parthenogenesis: When the megagametophyte develops without completing meiosis, so that the megagametophyte and all cells within it are meiotically unreduced ( aka diploid, but diploid is an ambiguous term ), this is called diploid parthenogenesis, and the plant that develops from the embryo will have the same number of chromosomes as the mother plant.

When they met, it was love at first sight, and as the story develops, they begin a beautiful romance that makes them begin to date and later get married.

When the next shortwave or upper level jet streak ( wind maximum within the jet stream ) moves nearby, convection reignites closer to the center and the system develops into a true subtropical cyclone.

When loss of iron is not sufficiently compensated by adequate intake of iron from the diet, a state of iron deficiency develops over time.

When an infestation is sufficiently established, the host develops a form of telepathy with other infested individuals.

When Clemente begins using the same repressive tactics used by De Cruz, a rift develops between him and his four friends, now the heads of government.

When it is not known exactly when a person develops the disease in question, epidemiologists frequently use the actuarial method, and assume it was developed at a half-way point between follow-ups.

When grown in the laboratory in the absence of its photobiont, a lichen fungus develops as an undifferentiated mass of hyphae.

When MH develops during a procedure, treatment with dantrolene sodium is usually initiated ; dantrolene and the avoidance of suxamethonium administration in susceptible people have markedly reduced the mortality from this condition.

When a US is presented at a number of regularly timed intervals a CR often develops shortly before the US is scheduled to appear.

When phimosis develops in an adult who was previously able to retract his foreskin, it is nearly always due to a pathological cause, and is far more likely to cause problems for the man.

When one develops a prolapsed disc the jelly / nucleus pulposus is forced out of the doughnut / disc and may put pressure on the nerve located near the disc.

When the player spends enough time with a Chao in the Chao Garden, the Chao develops a cocoon ; it hatches from this as an adult.

When the team travels to Hamburg, Jess and Joe's relationship develops ; at the end of the night the two are about to kiss when Jules ( who also has a crush on Joe ) interrupts them, souring Jess and Jules ' friendship.