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It uses cells called osteoblasts to lay down calcium and phosphorus in the extracelluar matrix that ultimately becomes bone, and turn into mature osteocytes.
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The support tissues in the body consist of what?
bone and cartilage
What is the cartiliage?
cartilage is not bone it is the skeleton of a shark the shark's body's skeleton is made of cartilage the top of your ear is made of cartilage
What does a combination of bones and cartilage form in your body?
The rib cage is made up of a combination of cartilage and bone
What does the nose bone of a human body look like?
The human nose has a framework constructed of cartilage, not bone.
What kind of bone is your outer ear and the tip of your nose made up of?
Thats not bone. The outer ear and tip of the nose is made of something called cartilage. When you are born, most of your body is made of cartilage. Over your childhood, cartilage fuses into bones, this is also why babies and young children are more flexible that grown adults. Some parts of your body, such your nose and your ear, never change into bone, and are forever cartilage. :)
When does bone replace cartilage?
never
What do ligaments and cartilage do?
ligaments connect bone to bone cartilage is a connective tissue
What happens to the cartilage in your body as you grow up?
as you grew, most of your cartilage was replaced by bone.
Why does cartilage calcify?
So when you break a bone you got a reserve storage of bone you can replace your bone with a cartilage and walk again that's why it takes 6 weeks to calcify cartilage so you can have a new bone to walk around on e.g. you break your leg.
The support tissues in the body consist of what?
bone and cartilage
Is your ear bone or cartilage?
The human ear (the bit that sticks out of the side of your head) is made of cartilage. However, inside the ear (in the middle hear behind the eardrum) there are 3 bones (the stirrup, the hammer and the anvil) made of bone.
What is the cartiliage?
cartilage is not bone it is the skeleton of a shark the shark's body's skeleton is made of cartilage the top of your ear is made of cartilage
What does a combination of bones and cartilage form in your body?
The rib cage is made up of a combination of cartilage and bone
What does the nose bone of a human body look like?
The human nose has a framework constructed of cartilage, not bone.
What is present in bone either bone or cartilage?
Bone starts out as cartilage and as it matures it becomes bone...
What are two parts of your body that are made of cartilage that did not turn out to be a bone?
ears and nose
This is a part of the body that reduce friction and prevent bone ends from grinding?
cartilage
