Question

Our skeleton is made of many______ and_____

• A. bones
• B. cartilages

Answer 1

Skeleton:

Skeleton refers to a rigid protective or supportive structure or a framework of an organism that protects the internal organs of a vertebrate.

Bones and cartilages:

1. The Skeleton system of the human body is made of many bones and cartilages.
2. Bones: Bones are the rigid structure that constitutes the skeleton system and are made up of calcium.
3. There are 206 bones present in adult humans while the femur is the longest bone and the stapes is the smallest bone in the body.
4. Cartilages: cartilages are not as hard as bones and are elastic in nature and can be bent. For example, the ear cartilage.

Final answer: Our skeleton is made of many bones and cartilages.