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What is the the Skeletal System compost of? |
Bones, associated cartilages, and joints |
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What is the axial skeleton? |
The axial skeleton is composed of the bones of the head, neck, and truck -- specifically, the cranial bones, facial bones, the vertebral column, the hyoid bone, the sternum, and the ribs. Consists of 80 bones. |
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What is the appendicular skeleton ? |
The appendicular skeleton consist of bones of the upper limbs, I lower limb, the pectoral girdle (the bones forming the shoulder joint), and the pelvic girdle (the bones forming the pelvis in the hip joints.) Consists of of 126 bones. |
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What is the most superficial tissue of the bone? |
The periosteum - the periosteum is composed of business and connective tissue richly supplied with blood vessels. The innermost layer of the periosteum consist of osteogentic (the beginning) cells |
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What is osteoblast? |
Secret bone matrix and build new bone |
