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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asked What muscle is attached to the ribs and said it was different from Which muscle are attached to the rib cage 26 May 2012 19:37
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added What are interesting facts about bones to Skeletal System 26 May 2012 19:04
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added How much compensation will you get for a badly smshed collar bone to Skeletal System 26 May 2012 19:00
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Osteoporosis is the most common one, but there are others.
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The femur bone is located in the thigh
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It will float because it's heavyjust a guess :)
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a baby's skull is actuall 3 parts of cartilage that join together within 2 months. this is why if you touch a babys head once it...
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Depending on how old you are, you may believe several different things. Young people are told that increasing the amount that you...
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You shouldn't technically "pierce" your collar bones. You should get microdermal implants, and it doesn't really take that long....
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As with most forms of bursitis the ideal treatment consists of rest and avoiding further injury to the area. Medical intervention...
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The malleus, incus, and stapes are a chain of small bones in the middle ear. Sound waves hit the ear drum and together with the...
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When you are born, your bones are a soft, rubbery, and flexible tissue called cartilage. As you grow, most of your cartilage is...
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Costal cartilage of false rib is attached to the cartilage of upper rib and then connected to the sternum (therefore the false...
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store adipose tissue
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There is not a temple bone, its part of the cranium or the skull. The portion of the skull at the temple is called the temporal...
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Periosteum
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ligaments attach bone to bone and tendons attach bone to muscle
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the mandible (jaw bone)
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Her name is Emily Deschanel, and her sister, Zooey Deschanel guest stars in one of the christmas episodes as her second cousin....
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Your skeleton has five major functions. It provides shape and support, enables you to move, protects your organs, produces blood...
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AnswerOk, so if you're looking straight at a woman's private bits (assuming she's lying on her back and you're seated at about...
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There will be an increased blood flow around our veins and arteries which is important to feed our muscles with oxygen rich...
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the foot is Distal to the knee. Proximal is the opposite to distal.
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Maxillae
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About 3 weeks ago, my right side collarbone started to bother me. Today, standing sideways to the light with a hand mirror, I...
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The old RSC (rolled steel channel) had a parallel back and the flanges were tapered approx. 5 degrees becoming thinner toward...
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Hip joint (acetabulufemoral joint) is ball and socket joint (also called enarthrosis or spheroidal joint).Knee joint is compound...
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they take the body parts and sort of " fit them together" like a puzzle piece. Usually a big body goes with a big head. Most of...
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No insect have bones. They have a hard outer covering, but no bones.
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These are called Ligaments And also Tendons, Auductive and Conductive Muscles and a decent argument for Joint Cartillage.
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The shaft of the bone, between the epiphyses, is called the diaphysis. It has a hollow central medullary cavity containing marrow.
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occipital bone
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Joints are found in body where bones meet .
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Because of the lack of blood supply to cartilage, (a new technique to hasten healing of injuries is to introduce fresh blood flow...
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Some believe that females have 24 ribs and men have less. That belief is usually based on the Biblical account of Adam and Eve....
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well when u think about it ,well i think NO
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The skull is a protective shell-like covering of the brain. The skull protects your brain.
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answ2. Since humans are of the general broad family Bilatera, there are many bones of which we have two. The skull, vertebrae...
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Suture is a type of fibrous joint which only occurs in the skull (cranium). Only a tiny amount of movement is permitted at...
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It could be a few different things. Some women have sharp pains when they ovulate which you might feel on every other side of...
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It forms with the rest of your organs and organelles before you are born. At the beginning (when you are just born), almost all...
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A lumbar pillow is designed for the user's lower back to provide comfort and support. Usually, a lumbar pillow's purpose is to...
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calcium and phosphorus
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cartilage
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Clavicle.
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Usually, they aren't. Most rib fractures are just left to heal on their own. Often a rib belt will be provided or sometimes the...
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The first vertebra is at the top of the neck. It is called cervical vertebra number one or C1. It also has a name and is called...
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Answerbackbone and skull. the bones that make up the vertebral column and skull. AnswerThe skeleton is divided into two...
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Red bone marrow mainly contains hematopoietic tissue - and is where red blood cells, platelets and most white blood cells arise. ...
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The hardest bone in your body is the thigh bone, which is stronger than concrete.Answer: Depending on how you look at it there...
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Yes, they are.
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Ulna and radius is already a scientific names
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Mostly on the diaphysis
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No, I believe they are pork. Chili's often claim to have "baby back ribs," which are not from cows, but pigs.
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A visual examination of the interior of a joint is Arthroscopy.
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unciform bone
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No member of this site can diagnose illness or conditions of a complete stranger. Nor should we. Advice at best can only be...
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Have sex a couple of times then try masturbating it stimulates you then check after a couple days to see if your spines still...
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No, it is located in the occipital bone.
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I've seen studies that show colas to be most harmful to the bones because they take calcium from the bones and do many other...
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Osteoblasts build the bone. Osteoclasts disolve the bone. Osteocytes direct the traffic.
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not exactly , but when vitamins or some of the important food that do not enter the body there is 50% chance to stop growing. but...
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You remove the skin first.
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periosteum : tough fibrous connective tissue membrane that covers the outside of the diaphysis. this protects the bone and serves...
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bones do not produce tissue, bones are a skelital structure made by hardened calcium and other various minerals that increase in...
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Bones are much harder than the vital organs that they protect, so the brain is protected by the skull, and the heart and lungs...
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Living cells within the bone are engaged in an unceasing process of remodeling. Osteoblasts lining the surface of bone are much...
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Get lots of exercise and mantain a healthy diet.
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The circulatory system consists of the heart, blood and blood vessels. The functions of the circulatory system are: Transport...
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That depends on the exerise or sport. For example, if you run a lot you may get bad knees from the pressure of you running....
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the "hip bones", or illium of pelvis, are connected to the pelvis.
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Articular cartilage
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it helps fight off infection
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two: Any Massage Therapist worth going to would require clearance from your doctor, your Dr. will consider many factors including...
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Yes. Archaeologically an artefact is considered a portable, humanly modified object. throughout our lives our lifestyle,...
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Breaks, burns, contusions etc. all cause swelling. A break usually swells to the point that the skin is pushed outward all around...
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I have very limited cartilage in both knees and have had 3 operations on my right knee including an ACL reconstruction with...
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The skull protects the brain from getting hurt
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Tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges.
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The average newborn human baby has about 270, but, when you grow into an adult you end up with only 206 bones in your body...
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The pelvis, or pelvic girdle, is a muscle, bone, and connective tissue structure that provides a foundation for the lower...
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No. Just muscle and tissue.
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That's a bit vague. Could be spleen, liver, even kidney or the right lung at that description.
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Exercising regularly builds and strengthens bones. Weight-bearing exercises, in which bones and muscles work against gravity, are...
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Adult men and women both have the same number of bones; approximately 206. I say approximately because all people are different...
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Bones of the Head ethmoid frontal bone lacrimal mandible maxillanasal occiptal bone parietal bone temporal bone ...
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radius and ulna are bones of the forearm and they make it rotate through the muscles attached to them
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