The Sun is acting weird. It typically puts on a pageant of magnetic activity every 11 years for aurora watchers and sungazers alike, but this time it overslept. When it finally woke up (a year late), it gave the weakest performance in 100 years.
Each bone in your body is made up of three main types of bone material: compact bone, spongy bone, and bone marrow. Compact bone. Compact bone is the heaviest, hardest type of bone. It needs to be very strong as it supports your body and muscles as you walk, run, and move throughout the day.how/hide words to know. 1  Bone marrow: the tissue in the middle of bones that creates red and white blood cells 2  ... Compact bone: the heaviest, hardest type of bone in the body. 3  Lining cell: flat cells that make up and cover the outer layer of bone. 4  Marrow: a soft tissue found inside bones.
The long bones are those that are longer than they are wide. They are one of five types of bones: long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid. Long bones, especially the femur and tibia, are subjected to most of the load during daily activities and they are crucial for skeletal mobility.he long bones include the femora, tibiae, and fibulae of the legs; the humeri, radii, and ulnae of the arms; metacarpals and metatarsals of the hands and feet, the phalanges of the fingers and toes, and the clavicles or collar bones. The long bones of the human leg comprise nearly half of adult height.