Inside the Bones

Inside the Bones — page 1 — YOUR B ONES BODY You're amazing So is your body Your body has a lot of different parts Your kidneys skin blood muscles and bones all work together every day They keep you moving Even when you don't realize

Inside the Bones — page 2 — our body needs bones They give your body a basic shape They keep the organs in your body safe The insides of your bones make blood

Inside the Bones — page 3 — SKULL MAN DIBLE BONE CLAVICLE STER NUM BEGINNINGS HUMER Us RA DIUS ones start as cartilage KAHR tuh l Cartilage is soft and bendable calcium sticks to the cartilage The cartilage hardens It becomes bone UL NAL Babies have more than 300 bones Adults have 206 bones Some bones fuse together as they grow FE MUR PATELLA ME TATARS ALS TARS ALS PHAL AN GES

Inside the Bones — page 4 — X Ray Photos AE VERTEBRAE Doctors can take pictures of bones These pictures are called x rays They help doctors see what s happening inside your body S CAPULA RIBS Have you had an x ray HIP BONE CAR PAL S IN MET A CAR PALS PH HALAN GES SACRUM TIBIA FIB ULA A CHEST X RAY

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