1. Chapter 4 – Your Bones Lesson 14 Names and Shapes of Bones

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 today’s 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. Don’t forget to write your name!

12. The End