2. How do you identify long bones?
Long bones look like skinny tubes with swollen ends
3. How do you identify short bones?
Short bones are wide and chunky
4. How would you describe flat bones?
Flat bones look thin
5. Bones that are neither flat, long, or short, are irregular
bones. They have unusual shapes.
6. In todays lesson
You will learn more about bones
How are they grouped?
What are the four groups?
7. Study the drawing of the skeleton on page 47 of your
textbook.
How many bone names do you know?
8. Bones are grouped by shape
Long bones
Short bones
Flat bones
Irregular bones
9. What is the name of the large bone that protects your
brain?
The skull
10. Do you think that a baby has more bones or fewer bones than an
adult?
A baby has more bones than an adult. An adult has 204 bones. A baby
has 64 more!
11. For Your Homework
Complete the matching worksheet in your workbox.
Dont forget to write your name!
12. The End
