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1 Lots of Bones!

2 What are the major bones? Why are they important?

3 Cranium (Skull) It protects your brain

4 Clavicle Is your collar bone. Can you feel it by your shoulders?
Keeps your shoulders and upper body together.

5 Scapula Your shoulder blades Supports your chest Protects internal organs

6 Supports your upper body
Rib Cage Protects your organs Supports your upper body

7 Sternum Center of your chest Protects your heart and other organs

8 Humerus Bone in the upper arm Gives your arm structure

9 Look at your hand Radius- Is on the thumb side (supports lower arm) Ulna – Is on the pinky side (moves wrist & elbow)

10 Vertebrae Located in the center back Protects spinal cord
Keeps you from falling over

11 Pelvis Hip Bones Supports your legs

12 FEMUR Strongest, longest, heaviest bone in the body In the upper leg – your “thigh”

13 Patella Your knee cap

14 TIBIA FIBULA Smallest bone in the lower leg
Largest bone in the lower leg “Shin bone” FIBULA Smallest bone in the lower leg Little toe side of your foot

15 Joints Where 2 bones meet together
You have hinge joints – elbows and knees “Bend & Straighten” You have Ball & Socket joints- shoulders and legs move in all directions.

16 TEEN YEARS What is bone density?
Bone density is the strength of your bones. The majority of your bone density is developed by the end of your TEEN YEARS

17 STRONG BONE VS WEAK BONE

18 Osteoporosis “os tee o poor oh sis”
A disease in which bone loss increases, causing bones to deteriorate and break easily

19 To keep strong bones, you should
Have a high level of activity Eat foods with Calcium Be active and eat healthy

20 Why do you want strong bones?
Gives you structure so you don’t fall over into a blob Protects internal organs like your heart and lungs Reduces the risk of broken bones Let’s you do activities that you enjoy

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