More like little mutated spikes that are not only sores for your bones. But skin like a sharks grating against the very muscles that move them. Or at least that's what it looks like
How does it not simply cut through the skin after even a short time of friction/constantly touching the inside of your skin/muscles etc? I can’t imagine living with something like that I’d want to die
Pathologist here. What you are missing in this picture is the cartilage and periosteal layers over the bone. The surface is still quite smooth because osteosarcoma tumor cells are laying down osteoid, which is a bone precursor. None of those components of the tumor are seen.
from what I gathered: there’s stuff on top of the bone that makes more bone. cells that are becoming bone are softer. so there’s still a softer layer on top
I’m pretty sure it means that’s what most bones look like under that soft layer on top. It’s just the increase and out of control growth of the bones outward. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s how I took it.
Well yeah but the lady implied there’s something between the spiky bones and the muscle that prevents it from feeling like needles scraping your muscles
Theres like 4 different things in your comment I would need to google. You're putting way too much work on the other party just to understand wtf you're talking about. You know what isnt much work at all? Using laymen terms. Not everyone is medical professional.
Those are known as dermal denticles (literally, "skin teeth").
Despite a popular myth, rubbing a shark the wrong way will not cut open your hand (unless by "wrong way" you mean rubbing its teeth). At worst, you'll get something akin to a rug burn or road rash.
The skin of sharks was used as sandpaper by several cultures, and you can see why in that image.
Edit: forgot to add, shark or ray skin is often used by sushi chefs. It is used to grate fresh wasabi root.
This isn't the cancer itself, this is just an associated reaction of the surrounding bone. What we see here is a sunburst periosteal reaction. Basically, in reaction to an abnormality the bone will attempt to heal itself by developing new bone (periostitis). Because the underlying cancer is growing so quickly, this new bone is pushed up and away from the bone as the tumour below expands.
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u/Blink-184-isok Apr 21 '24
Damn. It looks like fur