What is bone function?

What are the functions of bone? Bone provides shape and support for the body, as well as protection for some organs. Bone also serves as a storage site for minerals and provides the medium—marrow—for the development and storage of blood cells.

How do joints help your body to move and be flexible?

Joints are where two bones meet. They make the skeleton flexible — without them, movement would be impossible.

Can a person live without bones?

Mandira P. Our body would be non functional and we would die if we had no other medical intervention that will keep us alive. The human body without bones is just like an semi-empty sack.

How do the joints help the bones?

Joints are where two bones meet. They make the skeleton flexible — without them, movement would be impossible. Joints allow our bodies to move in many ways.

What connects bones to bones?

A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together and keep them stable.

What would happen to your body if your entire skeleton disappeared?

Indeed just about every process in the body would be disrupted if our entire skeleton disappears. No movements are possible, as the skeletal muscles would be ineffective. That means you would be unable to feed yourself or find food in the first place.

How is death certain if all bony support is lost?

Which is how death is certain if all bony support is lost. People often make the mistake of thinking that the chest rises, while breathing, because air enters the lungs. Things are actually the opposite. Air enters the lungs because the chest rises.

What would happen to your body if you had no head?

No movements are possible, as the skeletal muscles would be ineffective. That means you would be unable to feed yourself or find food in the first place. The brain would take a literal beating, as it gets jostled around without a skull.

What happens to your brain when you die?

Death can be quite instantaneous if the vital centers in the brain stem are injured. These centers control breathing, cardiac activity and many other processes. If the brain stem gets injured due to the brain floating around, it would all be over in a moment. Like Death by Hanging.