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bone (bōn)   the hard, rigid type of connective tissue that makes up most of the skeleton of a vertebrate and is composed chiefly of calcium salts.
  any distinct piece of the skeleton of the body of a vertebrate. There are 206 separate bones in the human body; they are bound together by ligaments at the joints and are set in motion by muscles that attach to them by means of tendons. Called also os. adj., boŽny., adj.
Structure of a long bone.

Structure of a long bone.




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