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Skeletal System
The skeletal system provides definite shape and mechanical support to the body, and it also helps in movement and locomotion. Ask questions about the skeletal system and bones here.
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The fibula is one of the long bones in the leg, below the knee.
How many bones does a dog have?
A dog has 319-321 bones in its body, which is about 115 more than humans. The length of the tail is the only thing that causes a difference from one breed to another. Long tails contain more bones than short tails.
The joints in the spine are under negative pressure (suction). When the suction is broken, like when you crack your knuckles, the suction release creates a cracking sound sound.
What is the relationship between bones bone marrow and blood?
Because blood is produed in your bone marrow (middle of bone)
Why do boys have a bigger rib cage than girls?
The main purpose of the ribs is to protect the heart and lungs. Boys tend to have larger lungs, so they need larger rib cages to protect them.
Do adults have fewer bones than a new-born baby?
New born babies have various pieces of bones that have not yet fused together into the complete bones that adults have, so as a result, babies have more bones.
What is the ongoing replacement of old and worn and injured bone tissue by new bone tissue?
Remodeling
How much weight is needed to break your ribs?
Depinding on the shape the adult is in and his or her weight it car vary from 6-10lbs of pressure. Most breaks occur from a hard fall or crash. Such as fqalling off a bike or getting in to a car accident. #goodqualitycatracing
How would you treat broken bones in pioneer times?
The treatment of burns and injury was much more crude than today. Lard or butter would have been used for burns (some still do this). If it was a serious injury an arm or leg could be removed if they were injured. Many died from the infection following medical treatment.
Which bones and other facial features will be involved to correct a deviated nasal septum surgery?
The nose.
What are the two most important bones in the body?
all of them , if you have a complete body free from defects and malfunctions every bone couldn't function without another bone. look at the leg for example, without the thigh bone the chins wouldn't,function the same, for obvious reasons take that and place it with all sorts of combonations of bones. you will find there are all sorts of bons that don't function without other bones. this proves that every bone is important in every type of endoskeleton.
What bones make up the prominent portions of the cheeks?
The cheek bones are called the zygomatic bones.
Why do you have 2 bones in the arm instead of just 1?
You have 2 main bones as there is a joint in your elbow (funny bone). If you had one then your arms would be like a very strong stick. Sticks cannot bend.
Giving a person bone marrow allows them to make more red blood cell or white blood cells. Bone marrow is the ingredients to making these products. The circulatory uses the bone marrow from a donor.
Why is one of the smallest bones in your ear called the hammer?
The hammer/malleus is one of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear. The person who named these bones did so by what they looked like to him. The Latin name "malleus" can translate as "hammer" or "mallet".
What is the purpose of the bones in the foot?
the purpose of bones in the foot because if we didn't have any then we cant move or use our foot
What is the structural and functional unit of human bone tissue?
The skeletal system is all the bones and joints. It serves as the frame for the body, and it gives an anchor point for muscles, which indirectly allows movement of body parts. In the center of some bones, there is bone marrow, or the production area of cells.
