• Question: what are bones made of?

    Asked by Caleb to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 17 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Poppie.
    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Largely calcium :). And the marrows contain a lot of interesting substance too!

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Bone has different structures too, it has honeycomb structure in places and strong compact corticoid bone

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      I believe it is collagen and then different types of calcium

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