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Encyclopedia > Bone (disambiguation)
Look up bone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
See also Mr Bones (disambiguation) and Boner

Bones are rigid connective organs that make up the skeleton of vertebrates. Bones are primarily comprised of osseous tissue which may also be referred to as bone or bone tissue. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation). ... Look up boner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the skeletal organs. ... Osseous tissue, or bone tissue is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body. ...


Bone or bones may also refer to:

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Geography

bones are found under layers of the Earth. They deeper in they are, usually the older they are. although thats not always true so to find the accurate date scientist use radiocarbon dating. bones bones bones bones bones bones bones bones bones, who gives a crap anyway?


Film and television

Dr. Leonard H. McCoy (nicknamed Bones), played by DeForest Kelley, is a character in the original Star Trek series, and the first six Star Trek films. ... Bones is an American drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. ... Bone, also known as Beverly Hills Nightmare, Dial Rat for Terror and Housewife, is a 1972 film directed by Larry Cohen. ... Bones is a 2001 horror movie about a gangster that comes back from the dead to avenge his murder. ...

Music

The bones are a musical instrument (more specifically, a folk instrument) which, at the simplest, consists of a pair of bones, human or animal, or pieces of wood or a similar material. ... The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... Flexi disc recordings are a thin format designed to be playable on standard phonograph turntables. ... Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an American rap group from Cleveland, Ohio, best known for their high pace rapping style and harmonizing vocals. ... Bones Hillman is a New Zealand musician. ... Bones is a 2001 soundtrack album for the Bones horror movie from the same year. ... Bones is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead from their 1995 album The Bends. ... Bones is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers and is the eighth track on their second album, Sams Town. ...

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Bone - definition of Bone in Encyclopedia (1302 words)
Bone refers either to a hardened connective tissue or to one of the individual structures, or organs, into which it is formed, found in many animals.
The extremities of the bone are called the epiphyses, and are mostly cancellous bone covered by a relatively thin cortical of compact bone.
The diaphyses and the epiphyses of long bones remain seperated by a growing zone of cartilage (the metaphysis) until the child reaches adulthood (18 to 25 years of age), whereupon the cartilage ossifies, fusing the two together.
Bone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1432 words)
Bone is a relatively hard and lightweight composite material, formed mostly of calcium phosphate in the chemical arrangement termed calcium hydroxyapatite.
Intramembranous ossification mainly occurs during formation of the flat bones of the skull ; the bone is formed from mesenchyme tissue.
The diaphyses and the epiphyses of long bones remain separated by a growing zone of cartilage (the metaphysis) until the child reaches skeletal maturity (18 to 25 years of age), whereupon the cartilage ossifies, fusing the two together.
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