The Human Skeletal System

by: Delynn Lucero

 

FUN FACTS

  • Although the adult body consists of 206 bones, you're born with approximately 300.
  • Teeth are apart of the skeletal system but they are not counted as bones.
  • Your hands and feet contain over half of your body's bones!
  • Some people have an extra rib, that eventually causes health issues
  • Every bone in your body is connected, except for your hyoid, a horse-shoe shaped bone in your throat.