Assignment Instructions: Choose one of these three topics to discuss.
Respond to one peer substantially from each of the two questions you did not use with your initial discussion.
Remember to include a title for your initial discussion post.
1. Three Functions:
The skeletal system is composed of bone and cartilage and has many functions. Choose three of these functions and discuss what features of the skeletal system allow it to accomplish these functions. In your post, define with bone is and how it differs from cartilage.
2. Bone Loss:
During the early years of space exploration our astronauts, who had been floating in space, would return to earth showing significant bone loss depending on how long they were in space. Discuss how this might happen and what could be done to alleviate this condition.
3. Parathyroid Gland:
Describe the effects caused when the parathyroid gland fails to respond to calcium bound to its receptors