Human Skeleton
Human newborns have over 270 bones some of which fuse together into a longitudinal axis, the axial skeleton, to which the appendicular skeleton is attached.
Read more about Human Skeleton: Axial Skeleton, Appendicular Skeleton, Sexual Dimorphism, Disorders
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