{"id":25108,"date":"2025-01-13T01:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/fun-facts-about-skeletons-2019-the-rockstar-anthropologist\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:01:13","slug":"fun-facts-about-skeletons-2019-the-rockstar-anthropologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=25108","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts About Skeletons 2019 \u2013 The Rockstar Anthropologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4994\">\n<div class=\"entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/anthro2016-25.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/anthro2016-25.jpg?w=620&amp;h=264&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"ANTHRO2016-25\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s back to school time and I thought it would be great to kick off the year with some fun facts about human bones. Let\u2019s jump right in!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Human adult skeletons are made up of about 206 bones.<\/li>\n<li>Babies are born with about 300 bones that began to fuse and harden together at certain suture and joint points as the baby grows into an adult.\n<\/li>\n<li>The longest bone in the body is the femur (thigh bone). It\u2019s also the strongest.<\/li>\n<li>The smallest bone in the body is the stapes, or stirrups, in the middle ear. It is often very difficult to recover in situ.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/2019\/09\/11\/fun-facts-about-skeletons-2019\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png\" data-orig-size=\"364,242\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png?w=364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4998\" src=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png?w=566\" alt=\"the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png\" width=\"283\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png?w=283 283w, https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-smallest-bone-in-humans-the-ear-bone-10444785.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\"\/>\n<div style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/boneclones.com\/images\/store-product\/product-1055-main-main-big-1415041533.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for bone stapes\" width=\"281\" height=\"179\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Bone Clones<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>The only bone not connected to (articulate with) another bone is the <a href=\"https:\/\/therockstaranthropologist.wordpress.com\/tag\/hyoid-bone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hyoid bone<\/a>. It\u2019s kept in place by ligaments.<\/li>\n<li>Your funny bone is not a bone! That tingly, weird sensation that you get when you bump your elbow is your ulnar nerve being bumped against the long bone in your arm called the humerus.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a bone in your skull that has its own saddle! Your skull has about 22 bones. Within the neurocranium, there is a butterfly-shaped bone called the sphenoid. In the middle, or body, of the sphenoid, there is a saddle-shaped depression known as the sella turcica. Sella turcica is Latin for Turkish Saddle as the shape resembles a Turkish saddle. The sella turcica holds the pituitary gland.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/75\/Sella_turcica_-_animation02.gif\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Men and women typically have 12 pairs of ribs. It is a myth that women have more ribs than men. There are cases in which a person may have one extra or one less rib, but these instances are not specific to a sex.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s back to school time and I thought it would be great to kick off the year with some fun facts about human bones. Let\u2019s jump right in! \u00a0 Human adult skeletons are made up of about 206 bones. 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