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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #4707 Short Bones
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When  a  human  baby  is  born,  it  has  about  270    bones.  As  he  or  she  grows,  these  bones  become  bigger  and  harder  and  some  of  them  will    together.  As  such,  a  fully  grown  adult  skeleton  has  fewer  bones  than  an  infant  skeletonjust  206.  It  could  be  argued  that  the  most  important  part  of  the  human  skeleton  is  the  skull.  The  22  bones  found  there  act  as  a  kind  of    that  protects  the  brain.  The  smallest  human  bone  is  also  found  here.  It  is  called  the  stapes  and  it  is  part  of  the  ear.  It    2.5  to  3.3  millimetres  in  length.
The  only  part  of  the  skull  that  humans  can  move  is  the  jaw,  which  is  made  up  of  two  bones,  the  mandible  and  the  maxilla,  and  forms  the    of  the  mouth.

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