Bones

What they are?

How they grow?
How to take care of them?

What are bones?

(1)Bones (2)Our bones are alive!
Almost all bones are made up of the same materials:

(3)Periosteum
Compact bone
(4)Cancellous
Bone marrow

Materials that make up a bone

Periosteum

(5)Outer layer
Thin
Nerves and blood vessels
(6)Nourishes the bone
(7)Compact Bone
Next layer
Smooth and very hard

Materials that make up the Bone

(8)Cancellous
This is within the compact bone
There are many layers of this
(9)Looks like a sponge
Protects the bone marrow
Bone Marrow
Innermost part of the bone
(10)Like thick jelly
Makes blood cells

How does the bone grow?

(11)Born with 300 bones

The bones fuse together
Some babies bones are made entirely of cartilage
(12)Cartilage
Other bones in babies are only partly cartilage
Slowly replaced with bone
Once the process is complete there is no more growth

How can we take car of our

bones?

Bones help us everyday

Wearing a helmet
Wearing all the right equipment
(13)Drinking milk
Eating other dairy protects
(14)Be active!