Bones 
This full-page word search puzzle is themed. It hides 15 listed wordsAnkle, Big Toe, Elbow, Finger, Foot,
Head, Heel, Knee, Neck, Shin,
Skull, Thigh, Thumb, Toes, Wrist related to the general theme of Bones in a large 22×20 letter grid. An additional 9 randomApplet, Bobs, Cagy,
Dross, Joker, Shifty,
Sprung, Throb, Wimple and unlisted words are also hidden in the grid. The solution is provided.
Fun Facts About Bones
- The human body has 206 bones when fully grown. But babies are born with around 300, many of which are made of flexible cartilage that compress for easier passage through the birth canal. These will fuse together as the baby grows into adulthood.
- The smallest bone in your body is the stirrup bone inside your ear. It measures about one-tenth of an inch, somewhat smaller than a grain of rice.
- The thigh bone is the strongest and longest bone in the human body, capable of supporting up to 30 times your body weight during activities like jumping or running.
- The only bone that doesn't connect to any other bone is the bone that floats in your neck and helps anchor your tongue. It thus helps with speaking, swallowing, and breathing.
- Pound-for-pound, bones are stronger than steel. One cubic inch of bone can withstand around 19,000 pounds of pressure, similar to the weight of five pickup trucks. This is even more surprising when considering bones are about 30% water.
- Approximately every 10 years the human skeleton renews itself completely. It is constantly undergoing a process of breaking down and rebuilding tissue.
- Giraffes and humans have the exact same number of neck bones (seven). The giraffe's are just dramatically larger and longer.
- Astronauts in space can lose 1–2% of their bone mass per month because there's no gravity putting stress on the bones. This stress is needed to trigger bone-building cells to deposit minerals, increasing density and strength.
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Did you know?
Babies are born with 300 bones. But since many of these bones fuse together, we end up with about 100 less by the time we reach adulthood. The largest and longest bone in the human body is the thigh bone (femur). Despite it being hollow, it's actually stronger than concrete. The stirrup bone, located in the ear, is the smallest – about the size of a half a grain of rice.
Arms are the most commonly broken bones in adults, while children break their collarbones (clavicles) more than any other. These are two of the most painful bones to break. However, children fare a bit better, since their bones heal faster than those of adults.
