Fossilized human?Explain This! This isn't a fossil of a giant person The 17 meter (60 foot)-long sculpture was created by artist Abdel Abdessemed, and was displayed at an arts festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. in Berlin, Germany, last fall. The sculpture's giant bones are made of polystyrene and resin A real human skeleton The human skeleton consists of both fused and individual bones supported and supplemented by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage. Fused bones include those of the pelvis and the cranium. Osteocytes are present in the bone matrix. , however, is made of living cells. There are 206 bones to support the body's muscles and protect vital organs But the bones have other roles, too. They are also blood-cell factories Bone marrow deep reside each bone manufactures blood cells blood cells, n.pl the formed elements of the blood, including red cells (erythrocytes), white cells (leukocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes). blood cells See erythrocyte and leukocyte. Platelets are classed separately. in a process called haematopoiesis hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis the formation of blood. — hematopoietic, haematopoietic, adj. See also: Blood and Blood Vessels Noun 1. . Blood carries oxygen to all the tissues in the body. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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