GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some of a baby’s bones are made entirely of a special material called cartilage (say: KAR-tel-ij). Other bones in a baby are partly made of cartilage. This cartilage is soft and flexible. During childhood, as you are growing, the cartilage grows and is slowly replaced by bone, with help from calcium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Babies are born with around 300 cartilage parts that will eventually turn into 209 bones. Cartilage is dense connective tissue. This cartilage turns into hard bone through a process called ossification.

Detailed explanation-3: -Babies’ bodies need to be flexible and squishy so they can more easily pass through the birth canal. To ensure their skeleton is limber enough for the job, many of babies’ “bones” are actually made of soft and flexible cartilage, not bones as we know them, Dr.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hyaline cartilage is the most widespread and is the type that makes up the embryonic skeleton.