The Skeletal System is your bone sturcksore.
You start off with around 300 bones in your body but as you grow some of your bones connects and by the time of adult hood you have 206 bones left in your body. The word Skeletal is Greek it means Dried. The smallest bone in your body is found in the middle of your ear it is called the Staples or the Stirrup this bone is 2.8 millermeters long. The longs bone in your body is found in the thigh bone it is also called the femur. Our teeth are part of the Skeletal System but they are not called bones. The main organs are the heart, lungs, bones and brain. |