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Types of bones

The skeleton has two main bones, the body axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.
The bones are the main core of the body.The backbone and the ribs are all called the axial skeleton.
The bones of the armslegs shoulders and the pelvis that attach them to the body that form the skeleton are called the appendicular. the long bones are found in your legs and arms, short bones are in places like your wrist and ankles.



whats inside you bones?
Flat and irregular bones are made up of a thin layer of compact bones and around the inner layer is cancellous bones
Red bone marrow. Jellylike marrow fills the middle of the bone and the cavities of the cancellous.
The outer surface of the bone is wrapped in a membrane called the periosteum.

You have 206 bones in you body that are holded together by a strong ligament.
Men and womenboth have the same bones.