ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The bones that make up your skeleton are all very much alive, growing and changing all the time like other parts of your body. Almost every bone in your body is made of the same materials: The outer surface of bone is called the periosteum (say: pare-ee-OSS-tee-um).

Detailed explanation-2: -What is bone? Bone is living tissue that makes up the body’s skeleton. There are 3 types of bone tissue, including the following: Compact tissue.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are typically around 270 bones in human infants, which fuse to become 206 to 213 bones in the human adult.

Detailed explanation-4: -When you see an example of bone, you often see it as white, hard and lifeless. It almost looks rock-like. Bones look this way because of the way they have been preserved, usually bleached and dried out. In fact, bones, like all other tissues in your body are alive.