What would happen to a person if you removed their skeleton?

[kayaker]

@Little_Nemo

Anyone have details on the bone marrow issue?

Red blood cells are being released, as they mature in the marrow, continuously. A red blood cell lifespan is around 120 days, IIRC. So a non regenerative anemia would evolve.

[Mallard]

This topic would be a great Criminal Minds episode.

[runningdude]

@Quercus

It’s quite possible that without lower sections of the skull, parts of the brain and spinal cord might collapse onto each other enough to cause damage (then again, it’s possible that there wouldn’t be damage), but it seems to me that a human could lose nearly all of the top, sides, and back of the skull without any necessary damage to the brain (not saying it would be easy to remove it all without killling the person, just that it’s theoretically possible).

The biggest danger would be that there is nothing to protect the brain from a direct blow. The brain is already vulnerable to concussion by being jarred against the skull. Without the skull, damage caused by a blow is much greater.

[Annie-Xmas]

Could a human being survive without a skeleton?

[Leo_Bloom]

@Annie-Xmas

Could a human being survive without a skeleton?

Great minds, etc.

[Johanna]

@TriPolar

Kind of a spineless act isn’t it?

Indeed, make no bones about it.

[Leo_Bloom]

@Mallard

This topic would be a great Criminal Minds episode.

@Annie-Xmas

Could a human being survive without a skeleton?

@Leo_Bloom

Great minds, etc.

Actually, maybe it’s great criminal minds think alike. :eek: