SKELETAL SYSTEM May 2014 | Page 6

Are there other bones?

As mentiones previously we have 206 bones, some of them are:

Skull: The superior portion is known as the cranium and protects the brain. The Inferior and Anterior portions are named facial bones and support the nose, mouth, and eyes

Mandible: Movable jaw bone and forms the only movable joint in the skull

Clavicle: Part of the shoulder girdle that connects the arm to the trunk of the body

Scapula: flat, roughly triangular shaped bone. It forms the back of the shoulder girdle.

Sternum: connects with the ribs forming the front of the rib cage, it plays an important role in protecting the heart, lungs and major blood vessels from damage.

Humerus: attached to the radius and ulna

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DID YOU KNOW?

A NEWBORN BABY HAS MORE THAN 270 BONES

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Rib cage: protects the lungs

Radius and Ulna: connect to humerus bone of the upper arm at the elbow joint

Carpals: bones of the wrist

Metacarpals: 5 bones in palm