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Some bones of a newborn infant are made of ______

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Cartilage

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Calcium

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Sodium

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Protein

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Solution

The correct option is A

Cartilage


A baby's body has about 300 bones at birth. Some of baby's bones are made entirely of a special material called cartilage. Other bones in a baby are partly made of cartilage. These eventually fuse to form the 206 bones in an adult.


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