What happens when you break a bone?

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Gurpreet Baht |

TED-Ed

• March 2026

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. [Directed by Eliška Oz, Lee Oz, Oz Animation, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Stephen LaRosa, Wonder Boy Audio].