Human Bones

Collagen

A protein present in skin, tendon, bone, cartilage and connective tissue

How many bones are found in the skull?

A total of 26 bones.

Clavicle

Another name for the collarbone

lumbar vertebrae

Bones that are situated between the thoracic vertebrae and the sacral vertebrae in the spinal column

Pelvis

Boney structure formed by hipbones and sacrum.

Bone is made up of 2 rigid minerals

Calcium and Phosphorous

What many of our bones start out as...

Cartilage

Cervical vertebrae

Compose the neck bones

Marrow

Spongy inner tissue inside the center of bones. Site for production of blood cells.

Skull

The hollow bones case, made from 18 separate fused bony plates and 2 jaw bones, that surrounds and protects the brain, inner ears and eyes

Mandible

The jaw bone

Humerus

The long bone in the upper arm

60

The number of bones in the Arm. The number of bones in the Leg. The number of bones in the Torso.

206

The number of bones in the human adult body

Stirrup

The smallest bone in the body found in the inner ear

Metatarsals

bones of the foot between ankle and toes

Joined

fitted together: connected, articulated

Bones

individual parts of a hard interior framework that provide shape and protection for the human body

Cartilage

rubbery, flexible material that sometimes connects bones and provides shape for some body parts

Torso

the main part of the body that includes the shoulders, chest, hips and abdomen

Joint

the place where two bones meet and move

Skeleton

the system that includes all of the bones in the body

Ribs

12 pairs of bones forming the wall of the thorax

Cartilage can be found in an adult's body where? (4 places)

Ears, nose, elbows, knees

Phalanges

Finger bones and toe bones

Patella

Knee cap

Tibia

Larger of Two Lower Leg Bones; Inside of Leg

Femur

Longest bone in the upper leg

The skeleton provides its owner with these 4 benefits

Movement, protection, support, production of blood cells