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Thursday, September 30, 2010

DID YOU KNOW

The human body has 206 bones.

A tendon is a strong band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone.

A ligament is fibrous connective tissue that connects bone to bone, or bone to cartilage.

The word aerobic means with oxygen.  Aerobic exercise requires oxygen from the blood to fuel the energy producing mechanisms of muscle fibers.

Collagen is the most abundant type of protein in the body.

Skin is our largest organ.

This is my last post. Thanks for reading the information.  I hope you have enjoyed it and learned something new.

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