Fun Facts About Bones and Joints

Fun Facts About Bones and Joints

Your skeletal system is equivalent to bricks in a home. Your body is intended to do a variety of incredible things, from sprinting to giving birth, if you have a strong foundation. Learn about the skeletal system, including some interesting facts about the bones, cartilage, and ligaments that make up your skeleton.

Fun Facts About Bones

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• There are 206 of them in an adult human body.
• The human foot is made up of 26 bones.
• The human hand has 54 bones, including the wrist.
• The femur, or thighbone, is the human skeleton’s longest and strongest bone.
• The stapes is the smallest and lightest bone in the human skeleton, located in the middle ear.
• Arms are one of the most common broken bones in adults, accounting for about half of all broken bones. The most common fractured bone in children is the collarbone.
• During puberty, bones stop expanding in length. Bone density and strength, on the other hand, will…