human skeleton

collocation in English

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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skeleton
noun
uk
/ˈskel.ə.tən/us
/ˈskel.ə.t̬ən/
the frame of bones supporting a human or ...
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(Definition ofhumanandskeletonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During childhood and young adulthood, thehumanskeletongrows and achieves its final size and shape (growth and modelling).
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These properties can also be found inhumanskeletonmuscles: it is well understood that leg compliance plays a crucial role in walking and running.
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Faloutsos et al. (2001) show a highly realistic physics-based simulation of complex human body motions such as falling and standing up using a detailed anatomical model of thehumanskeleton.
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The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of thehumanskeleton.
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Back inside the mound, they discovered ahumanskeletonin the layer of wood coal.
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The maximum permissible amount of berkelium-249 in thehumanskeletonis 0.4 nanograms.
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In one of these, ahumanskeletonwas found, along with grave goods.
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Much of thehumanskeletonmaintains the ancient segmental pattern present in all vertebrates (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians) with basic units being repeated.
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This specimen is the most complete earlyhumanskeletonever found.
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As ahumanskeletongrows and matures during a lifetime, a condition similar to osteoporosis occurs naturally.
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Thehumanskeletoncan be divided into the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.
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Too cheap even to buy meals, his gaunt frame lent him the appearance of ahumanskeleton.
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Near ahumanskeletonwas a shark vertebra, with a hole in the center, which perhaps was hanging as ornament.
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At 64 tall and 97 pounds, his students referred to him as thehumanskeleton.
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When part of the castle walls collapsed, or were demolished, ahumanskeletonwas supposedly found.
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That same day, a nearly intacthumanskeletonwas found on the starboard berth deck in the central section.
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On previous excavations, one of the mounds was reported of housing ahumanskeletonof a girl wrapped in a blanket.
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Work began in 2010 but was halted when an archeological dig revealed ahumanskeleton, believed to be around 2000 years old.
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He resembles ahumanskeletonequipped with knight armor.
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Across the church is the former mortuary chapel with a pediment decorated with a relief of ahumanskeleton.
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