NUTRITION
THE HUMAN BODY
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Question
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Bones and joints in hands and feet are alike in all of the following ways except:
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the palms of your hands and soles of your feet each contain 5 bones
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your fingers and smaller toes each contain 3 bones
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Your toes and fingers have joints that allow them to bend.
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The two largest bones in your hands help to carry most of your body’s weight.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Phalanges. The 14 bones that are found in the fingers of each hand and also in the toes of each foot.
Detailed explanation-2: -Short bones are shaped roughly as a cube and contain mostly spongy bone. The outside surface is comprised of a thin layer of compact bone. Short bones are located in the hands and feet. The patella (kneecap) is also considered a short bone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Histologically the three joints in the body are fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial. Functionally the three types of joints are synarthrosis (immovable), amphiarthrosis (slightly moveable), and diarthrosis (freely moveable).
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