Skeleton Keys Brian Switek Riverhead Books, $26 At this very moment, voracious cells are eating away at your bones. Not to worry, though — that’s just a normal part of bone maintenance in ...

Quirks and Quarks 'Skeleton Keys' — a new book explores the secret life of bones Writer Brian Switek looks at the sometimes macabre but always fascinating secrets of our skeletons ...

Brian Switek’s “Skeleton Keys” takes a close look at our 206 bones and how they allow us to “stomp, fly, swim, slither, dig, run.” ...

The skeleton allows movement, provides support and protection for vital organs and makes blood cells. Skeletal muscles move the bones in the body. The skeletal system is made from bones and joints ...