What are sesamoid bones?
Sesamoid bones are bones embedded in tendons.
What are the five types of bones?
Flat bone, long bone, short bone, sesamoid bone and irregular bone.
What are the functions of the skeletal system?
Support, protection, movement, storage, blood cell production
What are the functions of spongy bone?
Spongy bone allowing for flexibility and shork absorption.
How many bones does a baby have at birth?
275-300
What are the parts of a bone?
Compact bone, Spongy bone and bone marrow
What are the functions of ligaments?
Join bone to bone
What are the functions of tendons?
Join muscle to bones
What percentage of the human body is made up of bones?
The skeleton accounts for 15%of the mass of the body.
How do some muscles do to help the bones in our body?
Muscles help to protect and prop up the bones.And help the bones to grow up.
What does bone marrow produces?Where can it be found?
Bone marrow, found inside certain bones, produces red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
What are the functions of cartilages?
Stop the bone from grinding together
What is the bone that provide stability and some movement?
Short bones
A kind of bones can play an important role in protecting chest organs, supporting the chest and assisting breathing. What’s the name of these kind of bones?
Ribs
Which bones are most commonly broken?
The most commonly fractured bones include the distal radius (on the thumb side of your wrist), the ankle, the femur (thigh bone), the humerus (upper arm bone), and the metacarpals (bones of the palms).
How many bone does an arm plus a hand have?
30 bones
What is the bone that protect your heart, lungs and liver called?
Ribs
Which part of your body protects your spinal cord, supports your head, and allows bodily movement?
Vertebral column
What is spinal cord and where is spinal cord?
The spinal cord is the pathway between the peripheral nerve and the brain.And it located in the spinal canal composed of vertebrae .
The skeletal system is also responsible for hosting __ __ which can differentiate into muscle cells, cartilage-producing cells, and cells that create bone.
Stem cell
Wrist bone is which type of bones? And How many bones is it made of?
Short bones
8
Where is femur and what are the functions of it? please point it out on your body
The femur is the thigh bone, the largest and strongest bone in the human body.1 It supports the weight of the body and helps you move.
The human skeleton can be divided into how many parts? What is the name of each part?
Two parts, known as the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.
Why is that the bone marrow need to produces red blood cells , white blood cells and platelets?
Bones provide the supporting structure required by bone marrow. In the bone marrow, there are rich vascular networks and cell tissues, which support the formation and maturation of red blood cells.
How many bones does the appendicular skeleton includes?
126