In Hong Kong,as in many Asian countries,there is not enough countryside to have everyone buried in cemeteries.Therefore,they require reburial of the human bones only in an ossarium,a wall that consists of many shoe box-sized cubicles,or concrete boxes,that hold all of the bones intact but disarticulated.The size of this box is about 10 inches high,12 inches wide,and about 2 feet long.What are the largest skeletal structures that will determine the size of the box?

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The femur and skull are among the largest skeletal structures, with the femur being the longest bone in the human body and the skull being a large, complex structure. These would be the primary determinants of the size of the ossarium box.

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