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James Edwards, University of Oxford Just as our muscles lose strength as we get older, so do our bones. This can have a ...

The skeleton is a rigid framework of bones that forms the supporting structure of the musculoskeletal system, and also functions in movement, haematopoiesis and endocrine regulation. Skeletal ...

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Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying parasites and their hosts.

While these animals technically have an external skeleton made of chitin ... they possess one small, hard structure called a cuttlebone or gladius, which typically lies within the mantle. It is ...