Skeletal System

The living bone cells are osteocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. Osteocytes are mature bone cells that maintain bone tissue, osteoblasts are responsible for building new bone, and osteoclasts break down and resorb bone tissue.

osteonic canals

Yes you can have an extra bone in your wrist I have one, when I was in school when I started feeling the pain and my wrist was HUGH!!! Went to the drs they werent sure what is was they did x-ray thinking I broke it, I had to go see another drs and they did cats scans and mri's like crazy and finally the drs told me I had an extra bone and they can remove it but more likey it would just come back so I just live with it doesnt bother me to much rain is bad. I cant turn it it doesnt bend they called is Madalyn sorry not really sure how to spell it. Drs but me in the medical book because its VERY rare, He said I was lucky one some had it in the knees and had to be but in wheel chairs very sad I just have it in my right wrist

The cells that produce the collagen and inorganic salts of bone matrix are osteocytes. Osteocytes maintain the protein and mineral content of the bone matrix. Osteogenesis is the production of new bone matrix.

According to my research and my years of experience they never stop growing.

In a normal human being, all significant growth ends when puberty stops. However, the age when puberty ends varies from individual to individual, and can be as early as 13 or as late as the mid-20s.

Additionally, certain medical hormonal treatments can cause breast growth at other ages.

We have a total of 20 ribs, ten being on each side.

Clavicle.

The bones that form the palm of the hand are known as the metacarpal bones. There are five metacarpal bones in each hand, labeled numerically from the thumb side (lateral) to the little finger side (medial) as 1 to 5. These bones make up the structure of the palm and provide the framework for finger movement and dexterity.

The three major bones that make up the knee joint are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and patella (kneecap). These bones work together with ligaments, muscles, and cartilage to provide stability and facilitate movement in the knee joint.

it makes your bone grow good and strong!

A bone scan is a nuclear scanning test that can identify areas of increased bone growth or turnover. It involves injecting a small amount of radioactive substance into the bloodstream, which is then absorbed by the bones and detected by a special camera to produce images of the skeleton.

The thigh bone is also known as the femur.

Recovery time from a torn ACL ligament can vary, but typically takes around 6 to 9 months. Physical therapy is important during recovery to rebuild strength and stability in the knee. It's important to follow the recommendations of healthcare professionals to ensure proper healing and prevent reinjury.

Human beings (men women and children) all have the same number of bones, although children have more bones which are unfused with their neighbours than adults.

If there were a difference, TV shows like "CSI" or "Bones" would simply count the bones of a crime scene skeleton to determine the sex of the victim. As it is, they have to look for minor differences such as wider pelvises and less prominent features. These shows also look for the degree of fusion of bones, wear and tear on the joints etc. to guesstimate the age.

Some anthropologists feel that there is a different "feel" to the bones of men and women, insisting that the skull of a man, even in ancient times, feels "rougher".

The folk lore that men have less bones than women comes from the Biblical myth of creation where one of Adam's ribs was taken to form the first woman.

Yes, the skeletal system serves as the framework of the body by providing support, protection for internal organs, and allowing movement through its interconnected bones and joints. It also plays a crucial role in the production of blood cells and mineral storage.

i thought about that question too and i kept looking for an answer but this is all i could find:

The function of the floating ribs is not fully understood. A floating rib could theoretically provide some protection to the contents of the abdominal cavity, but it isn't as necessary as the ribs which are attached to the sternum.

this is the complex term.pathology depends on the factor .for eg...congenital malformation of bone is called as dysostoses.

You have 212 bones in your body total (including the ones in your ears) and about 660 musceles in your body, but not exactly because people can't agree what defines a muscle...maybe some of our muscles may end up like Pluto and not be called muscles anymore...but for now, on 4/13/10, there are more muscles.

The phalanges are the bones that make up the fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot. There are 56 phalangesin the human body, with fourteen on each hand and foot.

Newborn babies have around 300 bones. This is necessary because a naturally delivered baby needs to be, frankly, somewhat compressible in order to fit through the birth canal, which is a comparatively small space. Having more bones means that there are more points at which the baby's body could bend and deform in order to squeeze through the birth canal (for example, babies are typically born with cone-shaped heads because the bones of the skull are not fused, allowing it to bend and become narrow enough for birth). However, obviously, an adult would not want all these random bending points all over his/her body, since they represent weak points in the skeletal structure. Thus, throughout young adulthood (until the around mid-20s), the separate bones (mostly in the skull/cranium and in the pelvic area) fuse together into single units, resulting in fewer total bones overall.

Children have more bones than adults because their skeletons are growing. This growth takes place at the epiphyseal growth plates. These growth plates are usually at the end of the bones which terminate the bones at a joint. Other growth plates are in areas such as the skull. The skull's growth plates join each other in "suture lines" which are like interlocking fingers.

Once the skeleton has completed growing, the growth plates calcify and fuse together. This fusion results in few bones in the adult skeleton.

Children are born with over 300 bones, many of which fuse together as they grow. The average adult is left with 206 bones.