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Dive into the remarkable world of human bones and skeletal anatomy with intriguing facts and thought-provoking questions. Did you know that your bones are four times stronger than concrete? Over half of your body’s bones are located in your hands and feet! Explore the various regions of the skeleton, the importance of joints and cartilage, and the surprising similarities between humans and giraffes. From the tiniest bone in the ear to the clavicle, learn about how bones grow, regenerate, and are fundamentally designed to support your body.
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Can you Picture it? Plus some interesting Skeletal facts
The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle ear. The stapes (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimetres long
Name the 5 regions How many bones are in each region How many are moveable
Did you know that humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks? Giraffe neck vertebrae are just much, much longer
What is represented in the pictures below? Are they the same type? How can you tell?
You have over 230 moveable and semi-moveable joints in your body.
What is represented in the pictures below? Are they the same type? How can you tell?
What is represented in the pictures below? Are they the same type? Where is it commonly found?
Should a rib need to be removed, it can regenerate itself within 3 months
When viewing a picture like this, how can you differentiate between the cell types?
The strength of bone comes from its inorganic components of such durability that they resist decomposition even after death
What process does this picture represent? And in which part of the bone does it occur?
Is this an infant or adult? What are discriminating features?