Can someone who knows something explain this to me. Obviously their dexterity isn’t that of an adult. But I’ve had a baby grip lock onto my finger before. If I held their little hand would I feel bones moving around?
TheDefected on
The arm bone’s connected to the wris…. wait a second….
Master-Strain4268 on
Me when I’m wrong lol
psilonox on
Nope. Dont like this.
ErdenGeboren on
Babies need to pull themselves together!
Walter_Stonkite on
Temu Halloween outfit looking son of a bitch.
freckledotter on
Even x-rays of chubby baby hands are cute.
JMaple on
I freaked out when I rolled over my two year old’s foot with our rocking chair. When I saw the X-ray the ER took I realized he’s basically a shark. Mostly cartilage and teeth. There was almost no way I could have actually broken his bones. They’re just kind of floating around in a foot shape.
kittykat4289 on
So this is why babies are so bendy? Cool.
SunnyDaysAhead246 on
This is creepy and cute at the same time 😅
SeekingLostInnocence on
How is babby made
NovaStar2099 on
Aww fat li’l baby hand
quimica on
My toddler needed an X-ray of his leg once. He had no kneecap!
lawlianne on
*Brackium Emendo!*
Evsala on
Oh my gosh, that’s a precious X-ray.
General_4 on
The younger the child, the more cartilage they have instead of bones. They strengthen with time into bones.
Now, a Baby wont break a „bone“ that easy because they have this flexible cartilage (for example like the tip of your nose) – thats why when children fall a lot of times they dont seem to be hurt, only the skull is in danger because the brain is there, and a subdural bleeding could be easier.
Lastly some, maybe interesting, side fact: if there is a case of child abuse, you will see the handprints from grabbing the child, for example,on the arm. The childs soft arm wont break -> it will leave a grip mark or squeezed cartilage prints.
Ohmalley-thealliecat on
I’m a midwife and had to hold a baby still for a bunch of x rays recently, and so included in the images were a bunch of x rays of *my* hands, and so it made the difference even more obvious
And if you were wondering, it is very difficult to get an awake and alert baby to stay still for x rays. They are all reflexes and fury in that context. It took about an hour to get photos of his spine, arm and leg, and I was in a lead apron the whole time sweating my tits off
“SYSTEM ERROR: Skeleton.exe failed to start because BONES.DLL was not found. Try reborning the kid to fix this problem.” 🤣
That’s completely normal in the majority of the cases.
When we’re born, of many bones what’s present is the nuclei of ossification, the “stem” of the bone, usually in it’s center from where the bone stem cells starts to mineralize towards the ends.
The rest of the bone is more like a flexible , semi-soft cartilaginous matrix that’s filled over time with calcium forming the structure of the bone.
Thus, a lot less dense, so it’s not even visible in the majority of x ray images, giving the impression of lacking bones.
(That’s why kids are so flexible and resilient to “gravity assisted flat ground breaking maneuvers” that would send you to St Peter’s Pearly Gates if you try in your 30’s or aren’t sponsored by Red Bull)
Also the reason because kids often have greenstick fractures.
The bones have a “growth plate” in the ends, in some bones like wrists, hip (ilum bone crest), knee, shoulder, sternum, the pattern is recognizable and frequently used to measure the biological growth and age of the kid/young, as it doesn’t fully fusion to the rest of the bone till teenage years.
Visible_Slide_7529 on
Upset_Assumption9610 on
nope
Suspicious-Peace9233 on
Chubby little hands
a_little_jellyfysh on
do babies not have carpals
BrinMin on
Newborn under 3 months because: no hamate or capitate bone in the wrists.
We can estimate a person’s bone age using a hand X-ray. From newborns all the way up to about 19 years old
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Can someone who knows something explain this to me. Obviously their dexterity isn’t that of an adult. But I’ve had a baby grip lock onto my finger before. If I held their little hand would I feel bones moving around?
The arm bone’s connected to the wris…. wait a second….
Me when I’m wrong lol
Nope. Dont like this.
Babies need to pull themselves together!
Temu Halloween outfit looking son of a bitch.
Even x-rays of chubby baby hands are cute.
I freaked out when I rolled over my two year old’s foot with our rocking chair. When I saw the X-ray the ER took I realized he’s basically a shark. Mostly cartilage and teeth. There was almost no way I could have actually broken his bones. They’re just kind of floating around in a foot shape.
So this is why babies are so bendy? Cool.
This is creepy and cute at the same time 😅
How is babby made
Aww fat li’l baby hand
My toddler needed an X-ray of his leg once. He had no kneecap!
*Brackium Emendo!*
Oh my gosh, that’s a precious X-ray.
The younger the child, the more cartilage they have instead of bones. They strengthen with time into bones.
Now, a Baby wont break a „bone“ that easy because they have this flexible cartilage (for example like the tip of your nose) – thats why when children fall a lot of times they dont seem to be hurt, only the skull is in danger because the brain is there, and a subdural bleeding could be easier.
Lastly some, maybe interesting, side fact: if there is a case of child abuse, you will see the handprints from grabbing the child, for example,on the arm. The childs soft arm wont break -> it will leave a grip mark or squeezed cartilage prints.
I’m a midwife and had to hold a baby still for a bunch of x rays recently, and so included in the images were a bunch of x rays of *my* hands, and so it made the difference even more obvious
And if you were wondering, it is very difficult to get an awake and alert baby to stay still for x rays. They are all reflexes and fury in that context. It took about an hour to get photos of his spine, arm and leg, and I was in a lead apron the whole time sweating my tits off
Really cool! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
“SYSTEM ERROR: Skeleton.exe failed to start because BONES.DLL was not found. Try reborning the kid to fix this problem.” 🤣
That’s completely normal in the majority of the cases.
When we’re born, of many bones what’s present is the nuclei of ossification, the “stem” of the bone, usually in it’s center from where the bone stem cells starts to mineralize towards the ends.
The rest of the bone is more like a flexible , semi-soft cartilaginous matrix that’s filled over time with calcium forming the structure of the bone.
Thus, a lot less dense, so it’s not even visible in the majority of x ray images, giving the impression of lacking bones.
(That’s why kids are so flexible and resilient to “gravity assisted flat ground breaking maneuvers” that would send you to St Peter’s Pearly Gates if you try in your 30’s or aren’t sponsored by Red Bull)
Also the reason because kids often have greenstick fractures.
The bones have a “growth plate” in the ends, in some bones like wrists, hip (ilum bone crest), knee, shoulder, sternum, the pattern is recognizable and frequently used to measure the biological growth and age of the kid/young, as it doesn’t fully fusion to the rest of the bone till teenage years.
nope
Chubby little hands
do babies not have carpals
Newborn under 3 months because: no hamate or capitate bone in the wrists.
We can estimate a person’s bone age using a hand X-ray. From newborns all the way up to about 19 years old