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Eva Korn-King

A newborn baby has more bones than an adult, with a baby born with 300 bones compared to an adult's 206 bones. The document then provides various facts about specific bones in the human body, such as hands containing 27 bones, faces having 14 bones, and the femur being the longest bone and stirrup bone in the ear being the smallest. Additionally, it notes that humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks, and that bone is stronger than concrete.

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We sure have lots of bones! We sure have lots of bones! A newborn baby has more bones than an adult. A baby is born with 300 bones. An adult only has 206.
Your hand has 27 bones.
Your face has 14 bones.
Smallest and The Longest: ? The longest bone in your body is your thigh bone, the femur it is about 1/4 of your height. ? The smallest bone in your body is the stirrup bone in your ear which can measure only 1/10 of an inch.
Did You Know? Humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks? A Giraffe¡¯s neck vertebrae are just much, much longer!
Your Femur (thigh bone) is stronger than concrete. ? Bone is stronger, inch for inch than the steel used in skyscrapers.
Babies are born without the patella (knee bone) it develops between ages 2 and 5.
One fourth of your bones are located in your feet.
Your backbone is really thirty-three bones that run down the middle of your body.
The jawbone is the hardest in the human body.
The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in your inner ear.
If you break your wrist as an adult it will take you 8 weeks to heal. A five year old child who breaks their wrist only takes 3 weeks to heal.
Your big toes have 2 bones in them, while all your other toes have 3 bones in them.
Your bones also manufacture blood cells and stores useful minerals.
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Bonefacts

  • 1. We sure have lots of bones! We sure have lots of bones! A newborn baby has more bones than an adult. A baby is born with 300 bones. An adult only has 206.
  • 2. Your hand has 27 bones.
  • 3. Your face has 14 bones.
  • 4. Smallest and The Longest: ? The longest bone in your body is your thigh bone, the femur it is about 1/4 of your height. ? The smallest bone in your body is the stirrup bone in your ear which can measure only 1/10 of an inch.
  • 5. Did You Know? Humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks? A Giraffe¡¯s neck vertebrae are just much, much longer!
  • 6. Your Femur (thigh bone) is stronger than concrete. ? Bone is stronger, inch for inch than the steel used in skyscrapers.
  • 7. Babies are born without the patella (knee bone) it develops between ages 2 and 5.
  • 8. One fourth of your bones are located in your feet.
  • 9. Your backbone is really thirty-three bones that run down the middle of your body.
  • 10. The jawbone is the hardest in the human body.
  • 11. The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in your inner ear.
  • 12. If you break your wrist as an adult it will take you 8 weeks to heal. A five year old child who breaks their wrist only takes 3 weeks to heal.
  • 13. Your big toes have 2 bones in them, while all your other toes have 3 bones in them.
  • 14. Your bones also manufacture blood cells and stores useful minerals.
  • 15. This powerpoint was kindly donated to www.worldofteaching.com http://www.worldofteaching.com is home to over a thousand powerpoints submitted by teachers. This is a completely free site and requires no registration. Please visit and I hope it will help in your teaching.