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Anatomy
5th Grade
11/02/2009

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Term
A type of bone that is strong, solid & a whitish colour that makes up the hard, outside portion of a bone.
Definition
What is a compact bone?
Term

The backbone and

 the spinal column.

Definition
What protects the spinal cord?
Term
Our whole body weight.
Definition
How much weight can bones hold?
Term

True.

Slowly, as you get older, they become one.

Definition

True or False:

There are 3 parts to the skull when you are first born.

Term
20 years old.
Definition

How old will you be when the prosess

called Ossification is completed?

Term

False.

A girl's growth turns

before a boy's does.

Definition

True or false:

A boy's growth plates turn into hard bone at an earlier age than girls.

Term
Your kneecap bone.
Definition
What is a patella?
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