How many bones are involved in VOLUNTARY movement?

Question

How many bones are involved in VOLUNTARY movement?

Answer 1

2, what?.. lol

last time i checked i could move my entire body

maybe a better question is , what bones are involved in INvoluntary movement

- involuntary... ithink like, your ear bones(hammer anvil sturrup) both sides so thats, 6 right there, and bones involved in reflexes ..probably arms and legs so that's like, at least 8 more

14 for involuntary, and the rest you can pretty much move

Answer 2

It all depends on the area you are moving.  Basically, if you contract a muscle, it pulls against two bones, creating the movement you are seeking.  So, I guess I would say 2.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Hey there!!

Well your body is composed of 206 bones divided into the axial and apendicular skeleton. The appendicular skeleton consists of 126 bones which make motion possible[voluntary movement] and protects the organs of digestion, excretion, and reproduction. The appendicular skeleton has six major areas:

    * Shoulder girdle

    * Arm

    * Hand

    * Pelvic girdle

    * Leg

    * Foot

all of which are involved in voluntary movement. The remaining 80 bones are all part of the axial skeleton, which includes the human skull, the ossicles of the inner ear, the hyoid bone of the throat, the chest, and the vertebral column. The human skull has no movement, me move our cervical bones not out skull, so you can count 22 bones out of your voluntary count. The ossicles [which are the smallest bones of the body] are involuntary as well so that's 6 out, we cant control our 14 facial bones, nor our 25 thoracic bones, which are the sternum +24 ribs. And that lives us to our vertebral column which is composed of 26 bones, 14 of which we control [2 cervicals, atlas and axis, and 12 thoracic]. Now we can do the math.

126+14=139 or so

Now what the first guys says makes sense as well, there's at least two bones per muscle contraction, and a contraction creates movement [movement as defined by kinetic energy] therefore for every muscular contraction there's at least two bones involved.

If this is the question that you asked i hope this helped!=] feel free to email!

Clau

P.S i just noticed i said you had no voluntary control over your facial bones, false i just recalled the mandible, not the maxilla though.Am really sorry for the mistake, so add 1 more bone, make that 140 bones.