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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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Which type of muscle makes up the majority of the bodies muscle tissue?
Workout on ur back. The back takes up 70% of your upper body muscle. It makes you look huge too.
The lumbar spine supports the weight of the entire column and, therefore, withstands a great load
What can you learn about bones?
A third type of bone cell found in flat bones is called an osteoclast, which destroys the ... As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated
What insertion tendon of what group contains a patella?
The quadriceps muscle goes over the patella. The patella is encased in the quadriceps tendon. This tendon inserts on the tibia at the tibial tuberosity. Other muscles from the thigh have tendons which go underneath the patella.
What is the scientific word for foot bone?
It is called a phalange. Not sure about spelling tough. pronounced fa-lan-g. It is the same as your finger bone.
What is the overall purpose of the skeletal system?
To support the body. If we had no skeleton we would just be a mass of flesh and organs on the floor, unable to function, and would probably mean a quick death due to pressure on vital organs
What lubricants the joints of your bodies and allows your bones to slide over one another?
in between each bone there is a rough sort of rubbery material called cartilage which prevents bones from rubbing against each other.
What is the inner aspect of the ankle?
The side of the ankle is on the lateral side of the body. The ankle itself is called the talocrural region. Together you would say the lateral talocrural. Of course, you also need to say left or right.
The tringle shaped bone in your upper back?
The bones of the mid and upper back are the thoracic vertebrae. The neckbones are the cervical vertebrate and the lower back bones are the lumbar vertebrae.
What is the suture found between the two parietal bones?
The lambdoid suture connects the parietal bone of the skull to the occipital bone of the skull.
What is the most inferior part of the coxal bone?
The pubis, or pubic bone, is the most anterior part of the coxal bone (hip bone.)
Is there a funny bone in your hand?
The human hand has 27 bones, the carpus or wrist accounts for 8, the metacarpus or palm contains 5, the remaining 14 are found in the fingers and thumb.
What is the only bone in the body that doesn't form a joint with another bone?
The hyoid is the only bone that forms no joint.
Does your bones in your skull change as you get older as my bones sticks out on the top?
Yes, but only with exterior implants, because restructuring the skull would risk physiological changes to the brain. (potentially risky plastic surgery)
Can you sleep with elastic knee support?
If you mean rubber bands, then yes! You really need to, otherwise your teeth will move around a lot. Trust me, I would know...
What 2 components are responsible for the hardness and pliability of bones?
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