(July 28, 2019 at 9:57 pm)Haipule Wrote:Dude! Ribs *are* bones. There's nothing special about them.(July 28, 2019 at 6:09 pm)LostLocke Wrote: I did.Dude! I'm only taking about the rib! Type into Google: Do rib bones grow back?
"Bones do repair themselves to some extent. But they can’t regenerate or replace themselves fully for the same reason that we can’t grow ourselves a new lung or an extra eye."
If a removed rib grew back as a full rib, then arms and legs would do the same. Amputees wouldn't exist.