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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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Where are cervical vertebrae located?

those are the vertebrae in the area of your neck.

Blood is distributed from the surface of a bone to deeper central canals through channels known as?

Other passageways, known as perforating canals or Volkmann's canals, extend perpendicular to the surface. Blood vessels in these canals supple blood to osteons deeper in the bone and to tissues of the medullary cavity.

What is a function of the mammalian skeleton?

1. movement

2. support

3.shape or posture

4. protection

5.blood cell production

6. storage of minerals (calcium,phasphate..etc)

What 3 things make up the skeletal system?

bones, cartilage, and connective tissue according to a 7th grade science book

Why are there so many shipwreck on the skeleton coast?

The Skeleton Coast, located in Namibia, is notorious for its shipwrecks due to a combination of treacherous coastal conditions, including dense fog, strong currents, and shifting sands. The region's unpredictable weather and rocky shores have historically made navigation difficult for vessels, leading to numerous maritime disasters. Additionally, the cold Atlantic Ocean currents create a stark contrast with the warm desert climate, contributing to hazardous sailing conditions. These factors have made the Skeleton Coast a graveyard for ships over the centuries.

What is the role of diaphragm and ribs in breathing?

The ribs enclose the thoracic cavity providing bony protection for the vital organs of the thorax-the heart and lungs.

Because the thorax must expand and contract to allow breathing, the ribs move slightly in a "bucket handle" type of motion with each breath.

Therefore the ribs are involved with breathing.

What hapens to your bones when you grow from a baby to adult?

As you grow and develop, your bones grow and develop too. However, after you have reached your full height, your bones stop growing. This usually occurs during late puberty. However, in order to keep your bones healthy through your adulthood, you need to eat and drink things that are calcium rich. Recent research has also shown that Vitamin D is also needed for bone health because it helps your body absorb calcium.

Calcium rich foods include milk, cheese, nuts, spinach, yogurt, and most other dairy products.

Vitamin D rich foods include fish, soy milk, and milk. You can also get Vitamin D and calcium supplements at most health food stores.

Exercise is also necessary to keep your bones healthy and strong.

What kind of tissue comprises the epiphyseal plate of bones?

The epiphyseal plate is made of cartilage that forms at the ends of the long bones of the body. It is seen in infants and children. Once the child reaches adulthood, the plate has solidified into bone.

How many bones in a wolf?

Buddy is the Best........I got 90000000000000000 bones .

Why do people call your elbow th funny bone?

Because it does not feel the best when you hit it or bump it and it is called the humerous which clearly has the word humer in; Humerus means it is funny or makes you laugh which makes it clear that the nickm=name is funny bone!

-Abby

What parts of your body are made of cartilage-?

Yes. The skeleton is made primarily of bone and cartilage.

What bones do not protect an internal organ?

Humans have many bones that don't protect internal organs like your finger bones (which are called phalanges and metacarpals)

Is the humerus inferior superior or medial to the radius?

You could sort of say that because the humerous is the arm bone and phalanges are your fingers so it sort of works out that way

Where is the fibula tibula?

It is located in the leg - it is the bone at the back of the calf.

Do a lionfish have a back bone?

In the general sense of the word, Lampreys do not have bones. Their skeletal structure is cartilaginous and similar in makeup to that of Sharks. The cartilage that supports their body and protects them also forms the beginnings of vertebral neural arches that are seen in more advanced vertebrates.

What is a cancellous?

The calcaneus bone is in the heal bone in the foot. It has a halge tuberosity to the posterior that forms the atachment for the Achilles tendon. The reason for the tuberosty as aposd to a direct attachment is that it moves the pivot for the joint forwards increasing the leverage the joint provides and so making it possible to lift the whole body weight using the posterior muscles of the leg.

What is cause when muscles pull on bones?

Muscles work by contracting not extending. Thus the mechanics of a body powered by muscles needs to work with that property. Muscle groups are therefore paired, on to pull a lever one way on one side of the hinge and another to pull the other way on the other side.