Servais@dormi.zone to Parenting@lemmy.world · 10 months agoX-ray of a baby's hand make it look like their bones are floating around in therefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareaktenkundig@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoSo, as the other poster said, they are held together by tendons. But what is between the bones?
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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.