Calcification

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Pathology 4 Physiology 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms

More Specific Terms

• ectopic/dystrophic calcification
• metastatic calcification

Introduction

• Deposition of Ca+2 in tissues.

Pathology

• ectopic/dystrophic calcification may occur in response to injury or with aging

Physiology

• calcification of bone matrix is a physiological process ( ossification)

More General Terms

• concretion

Additional Terms

• Ca+2
• ossification (primary/secondary)

calcification