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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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What do we call a place where one bone is connected to a another bone?
Ligament
Elastic tissue joining bones to bones.
If you climb into a 55 gallon drum full of water will the weight increase by your exact body weight?
Yes. As long as you don't spill any of the water out of the drum when you get in, the total weight of the drum and water with you in it will be equal to the weight of the drum and the water plus the weight of you, separately. It doesn't matter if you float or sink.
It will weigh about the same as it did before you climbed in. First, the answer above this one is wrong because you cant climb into a full 55 gallon drum without spilling water. As you enter the water, you will displace that volume with your body which weighs close enough to water to weigh near enough the same minus the amount of bouancy.
Bone fragments into many pieces?
no ... it is a very rare case ... in most cases a bone such as femur breaks into 2 pieces ... the position of the fracture controls the condition of fracture
i believe you mean theHyoid bone, which is a bone that is U shaped and is found anterior to the larynx and inferior to the jaw it is the only bone that is not connected to the skeletal frame, it is connected solely by connective tissue and muscle. it is usually not present in skeletal models.
Is the left great toe proximal to the left knee?
The toes are distal to the knees. They are farther away from the origin of the lower limb.
Which long thin bone is on the front of your neck and goes out either side?
The clavicle. Right? If you need to really imobilize someone without proper permanent damage, a reasonable way of applying instant pane with not so long lasting effects is to break the clavicle (collar bone) using either a sharp backfist or palm-heel strike. Get your stance right first or you'll damage yourself. And make sure you commit or you'll just look stupid. Clavicle.
Why cartilage is preasent at the end of the bones in a joint?
cartilage is present at the end of a bone at joints as it is soft so the joints bend and help in doing our work properly.bones are hard but a cartilage is soft.
A xiphisternum is a small cartilaginous extension to the lower part of the sternum, which in adult humans is often ossified.
dens
The Dens of the second Vertebrae.
Where is location of human palm?
Its the front hand area at the centre where the thumb and fingers are attached to the remaining area of the hand
Is it normal for your knee cap to move way out to the side?
It is not normal, but not significantly abnormal either.
It can be an indicator of some serious injuries, however, so you are advised to see a doctor. If nothing else, it will put your mind at ease.
Try not to play with it too much; you might end up damaging it yourself.
How do the bones get denser and stronger?
bones get denser and stronger by vitamin D . you might have noticed a lot of sports people are very tall this is because they practice in a very young age .when a lot of pressure is taken by a bone that makes your bone to increase in size you can only do this in your teen hood or younger.
also when your bone has been broken or damaged it heals itself and when a fractured bone heals it goes denser harder and stronger than before to prepare for this kind of injury on that area again
but if your body is lacking proteins and calcium then the bone will shrink
bannans and playing fotball often help the process of excretion and bone marrow distancing.
Is the vertebrate bone considered a long bone?
If by vertabrate, u mean vertebrae then no it is irregular
