Biology: How Life Works
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ISBN: 9781319017637
Author: James Morris, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, Melissa Michael, Robert Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener, Brian Farrell, N. Michele Holbrook
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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Chapter 35.4, Problem 16SAQ
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In most vertebrates, the major component of the skeleton is termed as a bone. The vertebrate skeletons grow rapidly in the fetus and continue to grow until adulthood without molting. If any damage, the bone itself repaired it, even after the bones discontinue to grow.
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