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  2. Regeneration in humans - Wikipedia

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    In humans with non-injured tissues, the tissue naturally regenerates over time; by default, new available cells replace expended cells. For example, the body regenerates a full bone within ten years, while non-injured skin tissue is regenerated within two weeks. [2] With injured tissue, the body usually has a different response.

  3. Relics associated with Buddha - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the main bones relics are considered to be those that are not divided into smaller bones. There are seven of them. That is, the frontal bone relic, the two collar bones, and the four canine teeth. In addition, the cervical vertebrae are also considered to be an unbroken bone.

  4. Aztec body modification - Wikipedia

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    Ears would often be pierced with a bone awl or a maguey spine then a string would be thread through them until they reached the age in which they could add ornaments to them. Ears would then be stretched systematically until they could hold the ear spools that were highly desired and given only to persons of a certain age as a show of maturation.

  5. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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    Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...

  6. Traditional bone-setting - Wikipedia

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    Traditional bone-setting is a type of a folk medicine in which practitioners are engaged in joint manipulation. Before the advent of chiropractors , osteopaths and physical therapists , bone-setters were the main providers of this type of treatment. [ 1 ]

  7. Zheng Gu Shui - Wikipedia

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    Zheng Gu Shui (Chinese: 正骨水; lit. 'bone-setting liquid') is a traditional Chinese liniment. This external analgesic is believed to relieve qi and blood stagnation, promote healing, and soothe pain. [1] [2] The formula is known as Dit da jow in Cantonese or die da jiu in Mandarin. [3]

  8. Bone remodeling - Wikipedia

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    Bone tissue is removed by osteoclasts, and then new bone tissue is formed by osteoblasts. Both processes utilize cytokine (TGF-β, IGF) signalling.In osteology, bone remodeling or bone metabolism is a lifelong process where mature bone tissue is removed from the skeleton (a process called bone resorption) and new bone tissue is formed (a process called ossification or new bone formation).

  9. History of trauma and orthopaedics - Wikipedia

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    Even after the Medical Act 1858, bonesetters continued to practice unlicensed within England, with one of the last being Evan Thomas. His son, Hugh Owen Thomas, is considered by many to be the father of modern orthopaedics in the UK, [7] with many published works such as Diseases of the hip, knee and ankle joints (1876), Principles of the treatment of diseased joints (1883), The principles of ...