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Babies are not mostly cartilage, fetuses are. The reason why they are is because they undergo a process known as endochondral ossification. Basically, the fetus creates an outline of what the skeleton should look like with a hyaline cartilage model. Then this cartilage is replaced with the bone cells which create a bone matrix.
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What is a caritilage?
Cartilage is the soft white substance that we have as bones when we are babies. Cartilage soon grows hard into bones as we grow older. The end of your nose is cartilage, the majority of your ear is cartilage as well. :)
What are the bronchial walls made up of?
Bronchial walls are mostly made of epithelial tissue and hyaline cartilage.
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 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. :)
How many bones in a newly born infant?
I believe 380 or 308 but! They are mostly made of cartilage as they grow the cartilage hardens and turns into bones also the number decreases thus having 206 bones in a average body. Also when you are a new born the skull is open and then fuses togehter that explains the squiggly lines on your skull...
The nose is made up of what?
Cartilage, mostly.
Would a baby have more bone or more cartilidge?
babies have more cartilage because at first babies are all cartilage their bones harden over time
What did ears made of?
Mostly cartilage.
What is a caritilage?
Cartilage is the soft white substance that we have as bones when we are babies. Cartilage soon grows hard into bones as we grow older. The end of your nose is cartilage, the majority of your ear is cartilage as well. :)
What is A softer substance which is replaced by bone after it has grown enough?
Cartilage. Adults have cartilage in their joints, sternum, etc. Young babies have very little solid bone, but much cartilage.
Is the intervertebral disc made up of hyaline cartilage?
Mostly fibrocartilage.
The trachea is made up of?
The larynx is made up of mostly cartilage. And some muscles are there as well to control the vocal chords.
Can you suck thumb?
Babies mostly do
What tissue is the skeleton of an embryo made of?
It is made up of mostly hyaline cartilage.
How giraffes are made of cells?
they ae made up of mostly water and cartilage
In early development bone tissue is made mostly of?
Cartilage - a softer 'gristle'.
Cartilage is another name for bone?
No. Cartilage is not another name for bone. It is hard tissue like bone, but is mostly made of collagen fibers, whereas bone is mostly made of extracellular matrix that contains calcium and phosphorus.
