In addition to providing a framework for your body, bones also serve many other important biological functions, such as protecting your internal organs from harm and storing essential nutrients. Read ...

This landscape of blue, red, and gold is a cross section through a developing human bone. Human bones have a hard outer layer made of condensed bone and a softer inner core of spongy bone. This ...

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