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r/AskReddit • u/gnaan • Jul 13 '15
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So... If a person has achondroplasia, is it plausible that you could cut off their arms and legs and replace them with bionics and they'd be a relatively normal size? Assuming skull and spine are not involved.
3 u/Metalyellow Jul 14 '15 The bones that form the cranial base (bottom of the skull) actually have cartilage precursors, so the skull is affected in achondroplasia. 1 u/cara123456789 Jul 14 '15 I think some people get the arm and leg lenghtining surgeries which makes them almost a regular height
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The bones that form the cranial base (bottom of the skull) actually have cartilage precursors, so the skull is affected in achondroplasia.
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I think some people get the arm and leg lenghtining surgeries which makes them almost a regular height
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u/Ysmildr Jul 14 '15
So... If a person has achondroplasia, is it plausible that you could cut off their arms and legs and replace them with bionics and they'd be a relatively normal size? Assuming skull and spine are not involved.