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Mystery #1Tier 2-3body / skeleton

Why are bones so strong, yet so light?

Your thigh bone can support the weight of a car, but the whole skeleton it belongs to weighs only a few kilograms, light enough for your muscles to fling around when you run. How can bone be both that strong and that light?

A labelled diagram of a long bone showing compact bone, spongy bone and the marrow cavity.
Photo: BruceBlaus / Blausen.com · CC BY 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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