Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

One of the following is not a function of bones.

  1. Place for muscle attachment

  2. Protection of vital organs

  3. Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones

  4. Production of blood corpuscles
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Bones provide attachment points for muscles (A), protect vital organs like the brain and heart (B), and produce blood cells in bone marrow (D). However, hormone secretion for calcium regulation is done by the parathyroid gland and calcitonin from the thyroid gland, not by bones themselves - though bone tissue responds to these hormones.

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