The skeleton allows movement, provides support and protection for vital organs and makes blood cells. Skeletal muscles move the bones in the body. The skeletal system is made from bones and joints.

Humans have a distinctive skeleton, and are the only bipedal great apes (the great ape species are bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans). While the evolution of the human skeleton ...

The first 'blueprint' of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of arthritis, and highlighting cells involved in conditions that affect skull and bone ...

Skeletal 3D provides an in-depth look at the hundreds of bones that make up the human skeletal system. The app is divided into several sections, making it easy for users to get the most out of the ...

1. Introduction / Krista E. Latham, Eric J. Bartelink, Michael Finnegan -- Section I. Advances in biological profile construction. 2. Human skeletal variation and ...

If you are an arthropod, you’ve come to the wrong place. About 98 percent of all animals are invertebrates, meaning they have no backbone or internal skeletal system, and humans happen to be in the ...