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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.
Ossification - Endochondral ossification. 1  Endochondral ossification is the formation of long bones and other bones. 2  The primary centre. 3  In long bones, bone tissue first appears in the diaphysis (middle of shaft). 4  The nutrient artery enters via the nutrient foramen from a small opening in the diaphysis.