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04-27-2014, 02:36 AM
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Re: Girl Born Without Bones
It is simplified: What the girl has plenty of is cartilage, which you cannot see on standard x-rays, and all bones start out as cartilage and then ossify into bone. Cartilage requires depositing of calcium into it in order to become bone; her body does not know how to deposit calcium into the cartilage, so that is what you see. No "bones" but she does have a calcium-free cartilaginous skeleton. Her head would be as soft as a ripe melon though.
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04-27-2014, 09:32 PM
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Re: Girl Born Without Bones
Here is an article which explains her situation. She was actually born with bones, however they were very fragile. By the age of three they were no longer visible on X-rays. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0422111107.htm |
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04-27-2014, 10:10 PM
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Re: Girl Born Without Bones
Thank you for the update/explanation. Here is some additional footage I found. Have to check youtube. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...erapy/2102683/ |