A detailed description of a wound suture and the suture materials used in it is by the Indian sage and physician Sushruta, written in 500 BC. The Greek father of medicine, Hippocrates, described suture techniques, as did the later Roman Aulus Cornelius Celsus.
The skeletal system of human helps maintain homeostasis by producing new red bloods cells where the old ones just die off. It also helps maintain the level of calcium in the blood stream.
What are the six main functions of the skeletal system? Bone tissue makes up about 18% of the weight of the human body. Six main functions are support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and release), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage.