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How is the large number of bones in your hands and feet both an advantage and a disadvantage?
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- they can disadvantage you in spots and an advantage they make you strronger
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How is the large number of bones found in the feet and hands of human beings both an advantage and disadvantage?
Advantages: flexible, more difficult to break, lighter, does not require a separate evolution history, shorter arcs of motion for simpler "hinges".Confers pliability and adaptability to uneven surfaces.Permits long flexors and short muscles to exert their action on the bones of the forefoot and toes, thus assisting the propulsive action of gastrocnemius and soleus.
what is the difference of ADVANTAGE and DISADVANTAGE?
An advantage is something helpful, that makes a task easier. If you're trying to climb to the top of something, then a ladder is an advantage. Having a ladder makes it way easier. A disadvantage is something that makes a task harder. If you're trying to climb to the top of something, then having your hands and feet be slippery is a disadvantage. It's much harder to climb with slippery feet.
Why hands and feet have similar number of bones?
Because we evolved from an ancestor that walked on 4 feet. After evolving to walk on 2 feet, the bones changed and specialized - but the number remained the same.
What percentage of bones are in your hands?
Around 26% of your bones are in your hands and over half of your bones are found in both hands and your feet. 26 bones in each foot and 27 bones in each hand.
What are facts for medical?
Of the 206 bones in the average human adult body, 106 bones are in the feet and hands. (54 bones in the hands and 52 bones in the feet).
What type of bone may be present that increases the total number of bones in the adult human body?
Sesamoid bones in the feet, hands, wrists, ankles, etc.
Which part of the human body has the most bones?
The hands have the most bones -- 27 in each hand. The hands and feet together make up more than half the bones in the human body. There are 206 bones in the human body; 106 of these are in the hands and feet (27 in each hand and 26 in each foot).
Can a player use two paddles in a ping pong match?
Yes, you can touch the racket (also known as a paddle or bat) with both hands, but there is no advantage to doing so. In fact it is probably more of a disadvantage.
Bones in hands and feet?
yes there are.
Are there more bones in your feet than anywhere else in your body?
No, there are not. It is true that your hands and feet together account for about half the bones in your body (unless you're a doctor, counting the number of bones is more complicated than you would think.... some bones usually fuse together as you grow, and in some people this never occurs with some of the bones for various reasons, so it's hard to be exact). The bones of the hand and foot are different in detail, but similar in overall organization... there are about the same number of bones in your hands as in your feet (which makes sense, if you think about it).
What are bats wngs made of?
Bat wings are formed by very elongated bones, the same number of bones that we have in our hands. Between the bones (fingers) of bats is stretched a thin membrane of skin. Bats are the only truly flying mammal.
Where are half of the the bodies bones found?
hands-legs=106 out of 206 bones
