what are the main functionsof the human skeleton?
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To provide the basic structure, strength and stability
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skeletal(striated)\nsmooth \ncardiac
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1. framework that supports the body: muscles and tendons attach to skeleton.\n2. protects internal organs including brain\n3. contains & protects red bone marrow; production of red blood cells and white blood cells\n4. Provides storage for inorganic salts such as calcium: regulates amount of calcium in blood stream.
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Muscles are the means by which you can move bones and are usually connected across 2 bones. The parts of your body with a high number of bones are also going to have a high number of individual muscles. Depending on the way you seperate body parts, I'd go with hands or feet as having the most number of muscles.
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The human head contains 22 bones, consisting the cranium and the facial bones. The cranium is formed by 8 bones: the frontal bone, two parietal bones, two temporal bones, the occipital bone in the back, the ethmoid bone behind the nose, and the sphenoid bone. The face consists of 14 bones including the maxilla (upper jaw) and mandible (lower jaw).
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At birth the human body has about 350 bones, but by the time adulthood rolls around, some of our bones have fused together to give us a total of 206 bones in our body!\n\nHere is the breakdown:\n\nThe adult skeleton consists of 206 bones . . .\n\n- 28 skull bones (8 cranial, 14 facial, and 6 ear bones);\n\n- the horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone of the neck;\n\n- 26 vertebrae (7 cervical or neck, 12 thorax, 5 lumbar or loins, the sacrum which is five fused vertebrae, and the coccyx, our vestigial tail, which is four fused vertebrae);\n\n- 24 ribs plus the sternum or breastbone; the shoulder girdle (2 clavicles, the most frequently fractured bone in the body, and 2 scapulae);\n\n- the pelvic girdle (2 fused bones);\n\n- 30 bones in our arms and legs (a total of 120);\n\n- There are also a few partial bones, ranging from 8-18 in number, which are related to joints.
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206.\n\nAt birth the human body has about 350 bones, but by the time adulthood rolls around, some of our bones have fused together to give us a total of 206 bones in our body!\n\n28 skull bones\n\nthe horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone of the neck; \n\n26 vertebrae\n\n24 ribs plus the sternum or breastbone(2 clavicles, the most frequently fractured bone in the body, and 2 scapulae)\n\n the pelvic girdle (2 fused bones); \n\n30 bones in our arms and legs (a total of 120); \n\nThere are also a few partial bones, ranging from 8-18 in number, which are related to joints.\n\nBasically, there are 7 vertebrae and the hyoid bone in the neck.
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Moves your skeleton apparently. It's job is to move your skeleton. The bones help structure this body so it can sustain movement.
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BONES!\nNo seriously, here is some sites:\nhttp://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/library/bones2.html\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Skelprintout.shtml\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bones_of_the_human_skeleton\n^_^
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Structural similarities and differences in helping to identify vertebral skeletons within all vertebral creations would be the main structural difference of skulls. All vertebrate creatures have the similarities as such having segmented spinal columns and joints. Identify the difference between each would be the shape of the skull. If a hiker was walking in the woods and came across a skeleton, the #1 way of identifying if it is of human origin would be to look at the skull. Is it that of a human or a skull of a deer? The later would then be to check out the limbs. But I'd have to say the skull is a good difference but similarity in helping to identify vertebrate skeletons.
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Calcium is the main ingredient in bones. Bones are the frame work or "steel Support" of the body. Muscle are attached to the bones, yes they do the lifting and pulling part  but they need a good achor and lever system. It does no good to have a strong muscle if the the item it is attached to will snap.
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Hi there,\n\nA typical human skeleton has 206 bones.\n\nAn infant has these bones in addition to them-\n\n1 sacral vertebrae (4 or 5), which fuse in adults toform   the sacrum \n\n2 coccygeal vertebrae (3 to 5), which fuse in adults to form the coccyx \n\n3 ilium, ischium and pubis, which fuse in adults to form the pelvic girdle \n\nHope this helped. If not, please let me know. I'll be glad to provide any further assistance.\n\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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The Science Book of the Human Body : A Layman's Introduction to Human Anatomy
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mostly  gene can do  long  bone ... \nbut calcium is good for growth ..
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http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm
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Lots of links to bones related sites including lecture notes\ncan be found at:\nhttp://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/9893/osteolinks.html
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Ball and socket -Arm and shoulder\nPivotal joint-neck and head\nHinge joint-toes \nGliding joints-between vertebrae\nSutures- joints in the skull bones