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Human skeleton

The human skeleton is made of individual or joined bones, supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, cartilage and other organs.

Note:The above text is excerpted from the Wikipedia article "Human skeleton", which has been released under theGNU Free Documentation License.
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