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The image is a drawing of a full adult skeleton. The adult human skeleton consists of 206 bones. A cross section of the femur (thigh bone) shows 3 different parts of a human bone. It shows cartilage as a thin layer at the head of the femur where it connects to the pelvis. The hard outer surface of the bone (called compact bone) surrounds a spongy red tissue called marrow. Copyright 2004 American Society of Clinical Oncology. Robert Morreale/Visual Explanations, LLC.
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Anatomy
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