Bones! By Beatrice

Do you know how many bones humans have? If you don't know, humans are born with 275 bones, but adults have around 206. When I first heard that I thought: how would the number of bones get smaller and not larger? Well the answer to that is the bones grow or if you want to use a scientific term fuse together. For example you have many bones in your skull but as you grow the bones fuse together to create bigger bones in your skull. The reason I chose bones as a topic is because I am learning about them in my body system group, and that's also why this topic is relevant to my science class. I have learned a lot about bones or the skeletal system. One of my favorite facts I've learned is the funny bone is actually a nerve called the ulnar nerve, it “hurts” because it bumps up against a bone called the humerus which the ulnar nerve runs through. I hope you are inspired to go learn more about bones after reading this blog post. To learn more information go to this link.