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This chapter discusses the skeletal system, including the four classes of bones, bone structure, microscopic structure, development and growth, homeostasis, and functions. Bones provide structure, protect organs, allow muscle attachment, house marrow which forms blood cells, and store minerals. There are two types of ossification - intramembranous where bones form within membranes, and endochondral where cartilage is replaced by bone. Growth occurs at epiphyseal plates until fusion in adulthood. Nutrition,
- Author
- Aditya Madduluri
- Language
- EN