Bone Facts
Bone Facts
- Bone is made up of a mixture of minerals, organic materials, water, and other materials.
- Bones are not the hardest substance in the human body! Enamel is much stronger than bone!
- Bones heal on their own, naturally!
- Each bone of the human body is made up of 3 different layers.
- Infants are born with around 270 bones.
- Most of the bones of the skeletal system are present in the hands and feet.
- Movement and support are not the only functions of the human skeletal system.
- Over time, bones can lose mass and become brittle.
- Stapes is the smallest bone in the human body.
- The femur is the longest bone in the human body.
- The human body comprises of a total of 206 bones.
- The human skeleton has two main parts – the appendicular skeleton and the axial skeleton.
- The inside of bones contains a spongy substance known as bone marrow.
- The knee joint is the largest joint in the body.
- The skull is a single large bone that has only one movable part – the mandible.
- The spine contains 33 bones and forms the backbone of the human body.
- The hyoid bone is the only jointless bone in the body.
- There are two types of bones in the skeletal system – cortical and trabecular.
- There are 12 ribs in the human skeleton.