Growth+and+Repair

=Welcome to our bone growth, injury, and repair wiki!=

Have you ever wondered how your bones grow? Well, bones have cells and tissues, just like other organs. For example, when you are playing sports or running at recess, the bones in your body take the force of your weight. The bones react to that by making new bone tissue. Bones are interesting because babies have way more bones than full grown adults. This is because babies need to be more flexible so they can be born easier. Once they are born, there bones start fusing together. Babies start with about 300 bones and adults end up with 206. Taking care of your bones is a lot easier if you drink milk. This is because milk contains calcium which helps your bones be strong. Another way to help your bones is to just be careful. Don't tell your big brother and all his friends to jump on you and don't jump off a building. This would almost certainly cause breaks. One type of broken bone, which has a higher chance of infection, is the open fracture. This is when you can see the bone. A closed fracture is when a bone breaks but your skin doesn't. Complete fractures are bad because two parts of bone completely separate from each other. If you have an incomplete fracture it is a crack in your bone. Doctors can diagnose different injuries by using x-rays. All fractures are broken bones. All breaks are fractures. Broken bones can be treated by splints or casts.

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