• Question: how do bones grow?

    Asked by yowitsangeline to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Will on 20 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by itsspaigee.
    • Photo: Sarah Martin

      Sarah Martin answered on 20 Jun 2012:

      Hi yowitsangeline,

      Bones are constantly taken apart and put back together again by special cells called osteoclasts and osteoblasts – to grow, osteoblasts ramp up their activity and build more bone than usual, in the right places, and there you go!

      🙂
      Sarah

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