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∙ 13y agoYour skeleton supports your body.
1. It helps you stand up
2. It gives you freedom to move your bones quickly
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∙ 14y agoA skeleton serves as a scaffold which supports organs, anchors muscles, and protects organs such as the brain, lungs and heart.
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∙ 9y agoTo enable one to stand up straight, walk, sit...
to do with movement
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∙ 12y agoThe skeleton supports the weight of the animal - and protects the internal organs.
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Do internal skeletons have bones?
Yes, they do in deed. It's just like how us, humans, also have internal skeletons. Therefore, internal skeletons have bones.
What is a possible evolutionary explanation for how the skeletons can be similar but the functions very different in each of the animals?
Simply put, skeletons are similar because the organisms processing them arose from common ancestry. All mammals for instance, have skeletons that are quite similar because all mammal skeletons arose from common ancestry in the Mesozoic age. These mammal skeletons are used in different manner by the entry of populations of organisms into different environments where individuals were selected along lines of adaptation to those different environments. Then the different populations of mammals arose with the very similar skeletons being used in very different ways. Consider yourself, your dog, and whales to see the similarities in skeletal structure with vast differences in use.
What are three differences that exist among the skeletons?
There are many forms of skeletons for different animals. The differences of the human male and female skeletons are as follows. Several general differences exist between the male and female skeletons. The male skeleton is generally larger and heavier than the female. The female skeleton has a wider breast bone and narrower hips.
What are the body parts of a damselfly?
Bugs and insects in general do not have skeletons- or there would be tiny little skeletons everywhere. They have an exoskeleton. It is on the outside- like a shell.
Why are skeletons not real?
If you mean why are they are not skeletons as a life form then the dull answer is that a living mammal needs a bloodstream and muscles, and tissue and so on. Most insects and spiders are basically skeletal.
How do you use skeletons in a sentence?
I hope those skeletons are just decorations!
What do skeletons use to communicate?
cell bones
What uses the carbon to build their skeletons and shells?
Life on Earth is carbon based, so all animals with skeletons and shells use carbon. A more 'common' element used in skeletons and shells is calcium.
Why do animals not need skeletons?
because they use other ways.
What bait should you use to catch hammerhead sharks?
same as other sharks: mackeral skeletons kingfish skeletons etc. be sure to make a good berley trail!!
Do elephants have skeletons?
Yes, elephants do have skeletons.
What is a group of skeletons?
what is a group of skeletons called
Where do you get the skeletons that follow you around in doomwood on aq worlds?
You have to be a Necromancer and use some skill.
Do Zebras have skeletons?
Zebras have skeletons, as do all mammals.
Where are the skeletons are in RuneScape?
There are some skeletons in the wilderness but rev's appear there so watch out there are also skeletons in the varrock sewer
Where can you fight the skeletons on Castle Crashers?
You can fight skeletons at the marsh
Are orangutans skeletons or mammals?
Orangutans are mammals who have internal skeletons.
