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babies have more cartilage because at first babies are all cartilage their bones harden over time
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What are differences between adult and baby hands?
that baby hands are more tender because they aren't fully developed with bones yet, its all just cartilidge.
How many bones in the baby?
A baby has more than 325 bone in their body.
How many human bone?
An adult has 206 bones, but a baby has more.
How would removing hydroxyapatite from bone affect the physical properties of the bone?
By removing hydroxyapatite from bone matrix the properties of the bone would become more "rubbery" or flexible. Hydroxyapatite is the natural occurring form of calcium. By taking the calcium out of a bone, the bone would be more flexible because the collagen remains.
How would removing hydroxyapatite from bone matrix affect the physical properties of a bone?
By removing hydroxyapatite from bone matrix the properties of the bone would become more "rubbery" or flexible. Hydroxyapatite is the natural occurring form of calcium. By taking the calcium out of a bone, the bone would be more flexible because the collagen remains.
Where do the extra baby bones go?
Mostly they fuse with a neighboring bone to form one bigger bone instead of two or more separate bones.
Is it harder to break bone or cartilage?
it would be harder to brake bone because it is stronger and has more density of couse a bone
Why would a signinficant impact to the maxilla bone create a more difficult situation for healing than would the fracture of a long bone?
There is no way to splint the maxilla bone.
What is the skeleton of a newborn baby made of?
They are mostly made out of cartilage. As the child ages, more and more of the cartilage ossifies (turns to bone). This process is essentially complete by age 21 or so.
What hurts worse lip piercing or nose piercing?
A lip piercing hurts worse. nose is more cartilidge and has less nerves than the lip.
What is hollow space in bone called?
The hollow part of bones are mostly filled with Red Marrow
How would increasing the proportion of organic molecules to inorganic components in the bony matrix affect the physical characteristics of bone?
the bone would be more flexible
