Our skeleton is made of _________ bones.
206
Bones are strong, but ______ are stronger.
Teeth. The enamel on your teeth, which are considered part of your skeletal system, is actually stronger than bones.
What are the three main functions of a skeleton?
1. Give shape. 2. Protect. 3. Allow us to move.
Babies are born with ______ bones.
300
How many ribs does a normal person have?
12. It’s rare, but 1 percent of people are born with a 13th rib. This extra rib, called a cervical rib, can cause medical issues like neck pain.
A _______ helps us understand how something works or see what something looks like that we cannot see in real life.
Model
The _____ and _____ contain over half of the body's bones.
Hand and foot. Each hand has 27 bones, and each foot has 26, which means that together the body's two hands and two feet have 106 bones.
Skeleton is composed of joined __________.
Bones
Which organs does the rib cage protect?
he rib cage help protects the organs in the chest, such as the heart and lungs, from damage.
The longest bone in the body is in your ________.
Leg
The biggest joint in your body is your __________.
Knee. At the knee joint, three bones connect: your femur, tibia and patella. These three large bones require an equally large joint to connect them.