Is it possible to survive without a skeleton?

Have you ever imagined yourself or the human body without bones and skeletons? What did we look like except the skeleton? Like jelly-like something else soft? Indeed, if there is no skeleton in the body, is it possible for us to live at all?

Inside the skin and muscles of our body is a strong skeletal system, made up mainly of bone and cartilage. Bone is an important form of connective tissue - which is very important for the structure and protection of our body. Apart from providing structural protection, the skeletal system performs many other functions in our body. It may seem counterintuitive to you to imagine that the human body has no bones, but there are many diseases in which the function of the skeletal system is greatly reduced and the life of the affected people is quite difficult.

One of the most important functions of our bones is to store the minerals needed by the body. Among them, calcium and phosphorus are essential minerals that not only help maintain strong and healthy bone structure, but also facilitate nerve communication between the body and the brain. According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), there is a rare childhood-onset disease called "hypophosphatasia," in which our bones gradually weaken due to a genetic defect in bone mineral storage capacity. People with this disorder are more prone to fractures or broken bones than others.

Again, lack of vitamin D reduces the absorption of calcium by the body. Then rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults due to lack of calcium. Due to these diseases, the normal structure of the skeletal system is disrupted and more complications are seen including bone weakness.

Let us shed light on today's topic. What would happen if the human skeletal system became completely dysfunctional? Or what could be the consequence of a body without a skeleton?

As mentioned earlier, our bones form a defined structure of the body. If there were no bones or skeleton, the body would not have a specific structure, as a result of which the human body's limbs, normal activities and movement would be impossible in a word. Muscles are attached to different bones of the skeletal system and perform organ movements. If there were no bones, the muscles could not contract and expand properly and as a result, the body could not move or do daily activities.

Again, without bones, the normal functioning of important internal organs of our body would be negatively affected.

For example: the bones of the chest ribs and lumbar vertebrae play an important role in the contraction and expansion of the lungs with each breath. Jawbones help us chew and swallow food, so that the digestive system can begin. Since the bones of the human skull are airy and relatively light, they can easily support the weight of the brain - and of course the strong structure of the carotid body protects the brain. The spinal cord or spinal cord is protected between the vertebrae of the spine. In this way, bones and skeletal system provide protection to more important organs like our brain in many other ways. If the human body did not have a skeletal system, how would these organs work? Maybe then the work could not be completed!

And most of the essential minerals for the human body are stored in the skeleton, so if there is no skeletal system, the balance of essential minerals will not be maintained in the normal functioning of the body. As a result of which various physical and mental complications may arise. It can cause serious damage to the heart and brain cells - even people can die!

There is more to say. You must have heard of "bone marrow". The red bone marrow of the long, flat, irregular bones of adults is constantly producing and transforming blood cells—which act as factories for our circulatory system. If there were no bones in the body, blood cells would not be produced at the required rate! Where human life is threatened by excess blood loss, imagine how dire the absence of the bone and skeletal system, the factory of blood cells, can be!

Let's not tell you about the fear.

In fact, without bones or skeletal system, we cannot fulfill the basic needs of our body. In such a situation, it is not possible to ensure the safety of the important organs of our body, death may attack! So you can breathe a big sigh of relief that you have a strong skeletal structure inside your body.