Servais@dormi.zone to Parenting@lemmy.world · 9 months agoX-ray of a baby's hand make it look like their bones are floating around in therefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down15cross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
arrow-up1184arrow-down1imageX-ray of a baby's hand make it look like their bones are floating around in therefiles.catbox.moeServais@dormi.zone to Parenting@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
minus-squareaktenkundiglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSo, as the other poster said, they are held together by tendons. But what is between the bones?
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoProtein. Bones are made of mostly collagen, with calcium nodules to act as rigidity-giving bricks. Babies have yet to calcify a lot of their skeleton. It’s only in puberty we finally calcify it all, thus finishing growth.
So, as the other poster said, they are held together by tendons. But what is between the bones?
Protein. Bones are made of mostly collagen, with calcium nodules to act as rigidity-giving bricks. Babies have yet to calcify a lot of their skeleton. It’s only in puberty we finally calcify it all, thus finishing growth.