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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 general shape of the thoracic cage is what?
The answer is "cone-shape" noted in the Lab Book A&P CAT VERSION Eliane Marieb
page 137
Is bone cartilage and tendons muscle tissue?
No. Cartilage falls in the category of connective tissue, which add support to the frame of the body, including support to muscle tissue. (This is true except the case of blood, which because of its matrix of cells, is also considered connective tissue.)
Which organs in your body are protected by ribs?
The rib cage protects the heart and lungs and part of the liver.
What does the hip bones and sacrum form?
The sacrum is the bone located just above the coccyx, or the tail bone. The sacrum is not the hip bone. The hip bone is the pelvis.
What is the structure of a skeleton?
Axial, skull, backbone, bony thorax, appendicular skeleton, upper appendages, periosteum, compact bone, spongy bone.
Why is the breast compressed during a mammogram?
Even with concerns about pain, a 2003 study said that three-fourths of women reported the pain associated with a mammogram as four on a 10-point scale.
What is the most frequently injured muscle in the human body?
Skin. The human organ of skin that covers the whole body is deffinitelly the most injured of all body organs. (Bet you didn't know skin was an organ)
What might you look like with out your skeleton?
well....... if the human body did not have muscles it would turn into jelly (figurative language) you would not be able to walk and it would ALSO be hard to talk you would not be able to eat or do
anyything except talk!
first of all all of every body need to shut up
lol
HipChix xxxx
Describe one of the main functions of the skeleton?
Support, protection, movement, storage (calcium), and blood cell formation.
What is nerve root effacement?
Nerve root effacement refers to nerve root compression. This is an issue where the root of the nerve is compressed into the spine before exiting it, which can cause some painful back symptoms.
What is the weakest bone in your wrist?
the weakest bone in the wrist is the ulna i think it is anyway good look with your other anserws ahahahahahaaha lol= drowning man *lol*=drowning cheerleader ahahahah lopl
How much bones are in a hum en body?
It is Not 26,27, or 39! The human body consists of 206 bones. Do not ever listen to the people that say there are 20-30! 206 bones in the body!
When you are born what is most of your skeleton made up of?
At birth, the majority of the human skeleton is mineralized bone, although there are still cartilage growth plates in all the long bones.
What are the bones of the hands and feet known as?
The group of bones of the wrist are the carpals, and of the ankles are the tarsals. Each of the carpals and tarsals has an individual name as well. The bones of the palm are the metacarpals, and the bones of the sole are the metatarsals. The finger bones and toe bones are both called phalanges.
Bones involved when kicking a football?
All of them.
Kicking a football is a very complex act using both legs, the hips, spine, shoulders, both arms and the head. Even the tiny bones in the ear hear the thud as your foot connects and you can immediately tell if it was a sweet kick on the perfect spot or a bad one.
Why is there marrow in your bones?
Well, as you know, the leg bones of birds are hollow in order to save weight. In their early development as a chick, they may have marrow in them.
In human bones, the marrow in the long bones is the place where new blood cells are produced.
What is the name of the sole bone?
The person before me was incorrect in what they said. No, there is no bone that is anatomically call "sole" but the common name of the calcareous is know as the "sole" of the foot.
