Page 18 - Unit 12 The Body Beautiful
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E. Complete the text with these words.
longest many more most smaller smallest
Our skeleton
The human skeleton is amazing. Some of its many functions include enabling us
to move, supporting and protecting our internal organs and producing blood
cells.
smaller
Not surprisingly, the bones of children and young teenagers are (1) ………… than
more
those of adults. However, babies have (2)…………….. bones than adults. A baby is
born with about 300 bones. As it grows, some bones join together. An adult
skeleton has 206 bones and half of them are in the hands and feet. However, the
many
foot doesn’t have as (3) …………… bones as the hand; it has one less.
Bones have different shapes and functions. Some bones are flat, other are long
longest
or short and others are irregular in shape. The thighbone is the (4) ………….... and
smallest
the strongest bone of the human skeleton, whereas the (5) …………...….. bone in
our body is found in the ear. It is only 2.8 mm long.
Even though bones are strong and tough, they can break. Did you know that the
most
collar bone breaks the (6) ………………. easily? Luckily for us, ones are made of
living cells. When a bone breaks, lots of new cells are produced to rebuilt it.
