✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim
Bones in a living human being are dead, dry, and brittle.
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
Recorded sources
0 sources for · 3 against
Is it true that bones in a living human being are dead, dry, and brittle?
No. Bones in a living human being are active, living tissues containing water and cells, rather than being dead, dry, and brittle.
Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 3 against · Last checked
How claims like this are judged
Judged against fact-checker rulings and reference works: claims of this kind are settled by the fact-checking record, not journal abstracts.
Evidence against · 3
Reference article covering this claim directly
Get citation
Wikipedia: Bone. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone
See more details
More against · 2
States that bones in the human body are living tissues that rebuild constantly throughout your life.
Get citation
MedlinePlus: MedlinePlus: Bone Diseases. (n.d.). MedlinePlus. https://medlineplus.gov/bonediseases.html
Refers to specimens of *dry* human bone, implying living bone is not dry, and notes heating causes them to become brittle.
Get citation
PubMed / MEDLINE: PubMed: Effect of heating on the hardness of human bone.. (n.d.). PubMed / MEDLINE. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7415797/
Receipt History
Anyone with this link can read the claim and its public receipt, including any
personal information in that text. Open permanent receipt.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
Requests are recorded for review. This does not start an automatic check
or guarantee a response time.
Citation formatting by citeproc-js (Frank Bennett) and the Citation Style Language project. Source and licenses.
This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work