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A baby, while still in the mother's womb, is largely cartilage. Cartilage
develops and turns into rigid bones in time, as seen in the diagram
above.
As in all other bones in our
bodies, hand bones too,
develop as one grows
older. What is worthy of
note, however, is that each
of the fingers grow propor-
tionally to one another.
articular cartilage
cartilage
cartilage
formation
of y ellow
bone
marrow
new center for
the developing
bone
bone
blood
vessels
cartilage
slowly hard-
ening into
bone
bone
developing
cartilage
developing
cartilage
developing
bone
developing
bone
a child's bone
the earliest stage of a
baby's bone in the
mother's womb
the advanced stage of a
baby's bone in the mother's
womb
