Flying Eye Books Catalogue | UK Spring 2018

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Oh no, the Professor has lost his bones!

Your Cranium (skull) protects your brain and sits on top of your neck vertebrae.

The ribs form a cage that protects vital organs, like the heart and lungs. The back bone, or spine, keeps your body upright and is made up of 33 separate blocks of bone called vertebrae.

RADIUS PELVIS (hip)

ULNA

Each of your hands have 27 bones in them.

FEMUR (thigh bone) The bones in your body come in all shapes and sizes.The largest bone is the femur in your legs. TIBIA (shin bone) DID YOU KNOW? Your funny bone isn’t actually a bone, it’s a nerve in your elbow.

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