Fun Facts About Skeletal Systen

Fun Facts About Skeletal System

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Your skeleton is made up of how many bones?

• 200

• 206

• 300

• 650

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Bones are filled with spongy tissues called bone marrow. Bone marrow produces

• blood cells

• bone cells

• stem cells

• muscle cells

​two types of bones

• ​compact bone

• ​spongy bone-inside the compact bone

• ​spongy bone contains red marrow that produces red, white blood cells, stem cells

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Babies are born with how many bones?

• 200

• 206

• 300

• 306

​Smallest and longest bone in the body

• ​the smallest bone in the body is in your ear, called stapes

• ​stapes, shaped like Y, together with anvil and hammer translate sound you hear into waves for brain to interpret

• ​the longest bone is in your leg

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The longest bone in the body is in your leg, which is the...

• femur

• crural

• brachial

• antebrachial

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Bones are designed to take a beating. True or False?

• True

• False

• I am not sure.

​Our bones are designed to take a beating!

• ​Bones can break. However, are also designed to stand up daily wear and tear. It can carry 2 to 3 times force in your weight.

• ​Bones are resilient, too. You can do 1 to 3 million steps per year.

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Inside your body is 206 bones in total. More than half of them are in your

• cranial and spinal

• neck and ribs

• hands and feet

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The biggest joint in the body is your

• hips

• neck

• knee

• arms

​the biggest joint in your body is knee

​knee joint, a synovial joint

​connects three bones: femur, tibia, and patella

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Your teeth are stronger than your bones. True or False?

• True

• False

• maybe

Bones are natural healers.

• When you fracture a bone, your body will go to work producing new bone cells and helping heal the break

• A cast or brace just ensures the bone heals straight

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Bones lose strength as we age. Keeping them strong requires

• eating calcium-rich foods

• weight-bearing exercise

• eating bananas and nuts

• iodized seasalts