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The organic material in bone is collagen. This is a protein which forms long, flexible fibres in the matrix surrounding the bone cells. It is estimated that collagen makes up 25% of the total protein in the body.
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∙ 12y agoThe organic material in a bone is called collagen, which makes parts of the bone flexible.
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∙ 15y agobecause they are soft just like the tissue and is almost like rubber.
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∙ 15y agothere are 2 types of bones:spongy and compact. spongy bone is soft and compact bone is hard.
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∙ 14y agoyes, bone has a modulus of elasticity which allows it to bend before it breaks (but not much in adults)
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∙ 11y agoA very hot chick sucking you off and then making you hard again before you go completely soft
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∙ 11y agoprotein-crystal
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∙ 12y agocollagen
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Which part of the bone is responsible for flexibility?
The ends of the bones or the joints are covered in cartilage and lubricated with sinovial fluid to make a skeleton flexible. Bones themselves are not flexible at all.
What causes a bone to be hard or soft a bone to be hard or soft?
All bones are light, marrow bones are soft and compact bones are hard.
Why are kids bones more flexible?
Children are more flexible in general because compared to developed adults they are still growing and attaining calcium as well as other vitamins that help harden bones and make them inflexible.
Flexible tissue without blood cells that cushions ends of bones?
Marrow ;)
Cartilage is hareder than bone true or false?
False. You have it backwards. Bone is the hard structure that give your body form, posture, and strength. They are stiff and cannot bend. They are hard. Cartilage is the soft, flexible, yet tough tissue found in the tops of your ears, and the tip of your nose. When you are an infant, many bones are partly cartilage, especially the skull. When you start growing, these bones get bigger and harden into actual bones.
Which is best to describe bones-hard strong brittle or hard strong flexible or soft strong brittle or soft week flexible?
Stong, flexible, and soft are the best descriptor of bones.
Are bones dry and flexible?
no bones are not flexible
Does an octopus have flexible vertebrae?
Soft body no bones, but a hard beak.
Why does your pubic bone get hard when you are pregnant?
Your pubic bone is always hard, it is a bone, bones are hard, nothing to do with being pregnant.
Do people who have a flexible body have more bones?
No, people who are more flexible do not have more bones.
Is bones hard white and brittle?
Bones are strong, durable and slightly flexible. They can give a little. they are white and brittle when they dry out and are exposed to the air for some time.
What is the lightest bone in your body?
It contains calcium which is a substance that does not weight. Therefore it makes bones be strong and hard. If you took the calcium, the bones would be flexible and not hard at all.
What is the purpose of your bones changing from weak and flexible as a child to strong and hard as an adult?
The purpose is that when you are a kid, you are growing so your bones need to be able to change around. While, adults need hard bones because there not growing they just need to support them. Hope this helps!
What are flexible bones called?
well, if they are flexible then that means they are limber
How would bones in an octopus arms affect the way it use them?
The octopus completely lacks any bones in its body.
What are bones held together by?
Bones are held together by flexible and tough bands of flesh called tendons. Tendons are usually very hard to break, but if they are snapped, take a long time to heal.
Are sea stars flexible?
sea stars are flexible. sea stars do not have any bones. so they are very flexible:)
