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Mike-Towns

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Regrowing Ribs Posted: 07-23-06 01:28am


Hey i heard from someone that the ribs are the only bone in the body that can regrow, is this true?

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Posted: 07-26-06 02:39am


Nope. No bones in the human body can regrow. Yes they can repair themselves, as long as you stick the two peices back together. Kind of like gluing a piece of wood together. But, if you're missin half the wood, it's going to stay missing forever.

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