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The appendicular skeleton, comprising the arms and legs, including the shoulder and pelvic girdles, contains 126 bones, bringing the total for the entire skeleton to 206 bones. Infants are born with about 270 bones [ 4 ] with most of it being cartilage, but will later fuse together and decrease over time to 206 bones.
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Gross anatomy has become a key part of visual arts. Basic concepts of how muscles and bones function and deform with movement is key to drawing, painting or animating a human figure. Many books such as Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form, are written as a guide to drawing the human body anatomically correctly. [4]
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:17, 7 September 2008: 436 × 842 (672 KB): Suradnik13 {{Information |Description={{hr|Dijagram kostura čovjeka: * crvene linije pokazuju pojedinu kost i naziv je u jednini * plave linije pokazuju grupu kostiju i nazivi su u množini}} {{en|diagram of a human female skeleton, back view. *the Red lines point
The female skeleton is generally less massive, smoother, and thinner than the male; [14] its rib cage is more rounded and smaller, its lumbar curve greater, and a generally longer and smaller female waist results from the chest being more narrow at the base, and the pelvis generally not as high.
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