To: Tax-chick
Is it true we grow a new skeleton every ten years?
599 posted on
07/08/2008 2:51:51 PM PDT by
fanfan
(SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
To: fanfan
I don’t think so. If we did, they couldn’t put pins in bones or use titanium replacement hips.
601 posted on
07/08/2008 2:53:39 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
To: fanfan; Tax-chick
"Is it true we grow a new skeleton every ten years?" It's not entirely untrue. What they mean is that there are cells in your body that specialize in laying down bone, and others that can take it apart. They work like road crews, chewing up the asphalt, and then laying down a fresh surface.
The road in front of my house has been resurfaced a number of times, but it isn't a six-lane highway just yet.
606 posted on
07/08/2008 3:35:34 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
(The Dems got such a boost out of the "Great Depression", they're trying to bring about another one!)
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