HUMAN BODY Why do people need to have bones?

1. HUMAN BODYWhy do people need to have bones? Kanepi Gymnasium From 9a Astrid Ziugmann

2. Whydopeople need tohavebones? •the bones are surrounding by the soft tissues •bone, muscle attachment •skeleton with muscles, allowing people to move •bones, and blood is stored in fat

3. Bones • Of the 206 bones in the adult human body, more than half (106) are in the hands and feet. The adult skeleton consists of the following bones: • 28 skull bones (8 cranial, 14 facial, and 6 ear bones) • The horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone of the neck which is the only bone that does not articulate (connect via a joint) to another bone • 26 vertebrae (7 cervical or neck; 12 thoracic; 5 lumbar or loins; the sacrum, which is five fused vertebrae; and the coccyx, which is four fused vertebrae)

4. 24 ribs plus the sternum or breastbone; the shoulder girdle (2 clavicles, the most frequently fractured bones in the body, and 2 scapulae) • the pelvic bones (3 fused bones called the coxal bone, or OsCoxae) • 30 bones in each of the arms and legs (a total of 120) • a few partial bones, ranging from 8-18 in number, which are related to joints

6. References • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_bones_are_in_the_human_body • Biologytextbook