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What happens when you break a bone? - Gurpreet Baht and Natalie Pang

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The human body’s 206 bones come in many shapes and sizes: short bones, long bones, flat bones, irregular bones. Roughly 50% of people will break a bone at some point in their lives. But whether the cause is as mundane as a slip on the ice or as dramatic as a tightrope-walking accident, how do our broken bones heal? Gurpreet Baht and Natalie Pang dig into the incredible biological process.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Gurpreet Baht, Natalie Pang
Director
Eliška Oz, Lee Oz, Oz Animation, Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Storyboard Artist
Eliška Oz
Animator
Lee Oz
Art Director
Lee Oz
Composer
Stephen LaRosa, Wonder Boy Audio
Sound Designer
Eliška Oz
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Produced by
Sazia Afrin
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Niko Zlotnik
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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