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About the time of birth in mammals, a secondary ossification center appears in each end (epiphysis) of long bones. Periosteal buds carry mesenchyme and blood vessels in and the process is similar to that occurring in a primary ossification center.
There are two processes that form our bones before we are born: intramembranous ossification and endochondral ossification. Intramembranous ossification is primarily responsible for forming the bones in our skull, and bones are formed from a specific type of connective tissue, called mesenchymal connective tissue.here are two main processes that occur during fetal development that contribute to our bone formation. These are intramembranous ossification and endochondral ossification. The term 'ossification' refers to the process of forming bone.