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SKELETAL SYSTEM
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The bones in your arm, forearm, leg, hands, and feet are easily felt. The adult skeleton has 206 bones, but we are actually born with more than that. Bones are living tissue, that grow with your body. Bones are composed of calcium phosphate (CaPO3). They take nutrients from your blood to help build your skeletal frame. The claim that milk makes strong bones, refers to the increased amount of calcium ions (Ca+) available for bone formation. When you are born there are several bones that eventually become connected as you grow older. A good example of this is the skull. The skull protects the brain and is made of smaller bony sections that fuse together as we grow older. If you feel a baby’s head after birth the divisions between the bones can be felt.
 

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