A biobank for all, in which a person from any background could find a bone marrow donor for a stem cell transplant, is a major goal for stem cell science. While repositories of cell lines that could be a match for most patients ...
2 hours ago
0
17
Some substances in medicines, household items and the environment are known to affect prenatal child development. In a study published in Toxicological Sciences, researchers tested the effects of five drugs (including caffeine ...
3 hours ago
0
0
A cellular signal essential to the development of the skeleton increases during aging to weaken bones, finds a new study in mice.
Sep 27, 2023
0
6
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the gold standard for assessing bone mass and evaluating fracture risk. But new technologies shed light on knowledge gaps not filled by DXA alone and sometimes suggest the need for ...
Sep 27, 2023
0
6
Just as our muscles lose strength as we get older, so do our bones. This can have a serious effect on our lifestyle, and boosts risk of fractures—which are linked with an increased risk of death. Fortunately, just as we ...
Sep 25, 2023
0
3
As medical advances in oncology enable more patients to beat tumors, greater attention is being paid to secondary effects from treatment.
Sep 25, 2023
0
1
There is growing evidence that a relative abundance of certain gut microbes may be related to skeletal health, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology. If confirmed by additional research, the findings ...
Sep 22, 2023
0
36
Earlier this month, health authorities confirmed that BA.2.86, a highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, is at risk of spreading rapidly in countries around the world. With updated shots rolling out this ...
Sep 22, 2023
0
17
Playing sports can offer a lot of benefits for kids, but it's also important to help protect them from injuries.
Sep 19, 2023
0
0
"Ancestral" diets like the paleo diet are hugely popular in Australia, but experts from UNSW Sydney and the Australian Museum have questions.
Sep 19, 2023
0
0
Bones are rigid organs that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue. Because bones come in a variety of shapes and have a complex internal and external structure they are lightweight, yet strong and hard, in addition to fulfilling their many other functions. One of the types of tissue that makes up bone is the mineralized osseous tissue, also called bone tissue, that gives it rigidity and a honeycomb-like three-dimensional internal structure. Other types of tissue found in bones include marrow, endosteum and periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage. There are 206 bones in the adult human body and 270 in an infant.
Functions Bones have ten main functions:
Mechanical
Synthetic
Metabolic
This text uses material from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA
