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Description edit
Full-color photos. "An arresting introduction to skeletons. Each spread has an introductory paragraph plus captioned drawings and spectacular photos. Topics include exoskeletons, fish, birds, mammals, arms, skulls, and teeth. The look at the human skeleton also gives discussions of skull,... read more
First Sentence edit
A SKELETON IS MANY THINGS: symbol of danger and death, a key that opens any door, a secret kept in a closet, the outline of a novel or grand plan . . . and the 200-odd bones that hold up each human body.
Table of Contents edit
The Human Skeleton 6
From Bone to Stone 12
Mammals 14
Birds 18
Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians 20
Skeletons on the Outside 22
Marine Exoskeletons 24
The Human Skull and Teeth 26
How the Skull is Built 28
Animal Skulls 30
Animal Senses 32
Jaws and Feeding 34
Animal Teeth 36
The Human Spine 38
Animal Backbones 40
The Ribcage 42
Human Hip Bones 44
Animal Hip Bones 46
The Human Arm and Hand 48
Arms, Wings, and Flippers 50
Animal Shoulder Blades 52
The Human Leg and Foot 54
Animal Legs 56
The Largest and Smallest Bones 58
Structure and Repair of Bones 60
Glossary of Bone Names 62
Did You Know? 64
Find Out More 68
Glossary 70
Index 72
Glossary edit
- Amphibian: A member of a class of vertebrates that live on both land and in wate, such as a frog.
- Arachnid: A member of a class of arthropods with four pairs of legs, such as a spider or a scorpion.
- Arthropod: A member of the arthropoda division of the animal kingdom. They have a segmented exoskeleton with jointed legs. Arachnids, insects, crustacea, millipedes, and centipedes are all examples of arthropods.
- Backbone: A strong, flexible chain of bones that runs the length of the body in humans and many other animals. It is aslo known as the spine or vertebral column.
- Bone: A hard body of tissue that gives strength to the skeleton. In humans and many animals, it is composed of outer compact bone and inner spingy bone and bone marrow.
- Canine Tooth: A pointed tooth, usually next to the incisors, that grops and pierces food.
- Carnassial Tooth: A specialized tooth on a carivore that is adapted for tearing meat. Most carnassial teeth are large and long.
- Canivore: An animal that eats maily meat.
- Carpal: Vertebrate twisted bone.
- Cartilage: A touch, flexible substance that protects vertebrate joints. It is sometimes called gristle. Catilaginous fish, such as sharks, have a skeleton made entirely of cartilage.
- Chitin: A light, strong substance found in the exoskeleton of arthropods
- Collegen: A connective protien that forms strong, elastic fibers. It is found in bone and skin.
- Compact Bone: The hard material that forms the outer layer of a bone.
- Cranium: The part of the skull that surrounds the brain
- Crustacean: A member of a class of maily aquatic arthropods, such as crabs or lobster, with a hard case, or "crust," that encloses the body.
- Dentine: A hard substance beneath the enamel of the vertebrate teeth. It is also known as ivory.
- Dislocate: A movement that pulls or pushes a bone out of its place within a joint.
- Echinoderm: A marine invertebrate, such as starfish, with a skeleton made up of hard, bony plates cfalled ossicles.
- Enamel: A touch substance that fourms the outer coating of vertebrate teeth.
- Endoskeleton: A hard skeleton found inside an animal's body.
- Exoskeleton: A hard skeleton outside of an aminal's body
- Femur: Vertebrate thigh bone.
- Fontanel: An area of carilage in a baby's skull. It turns to bone as the baby grows.
- Forensic Science: The analysis of skeletal or other material in regard to questions of civil or criminal law.
- Geology: The science of Earth's physical history and development.
- Herbivore: An animalthat wats maily plants.
- Hydrostatic Skeleton: An invertebrate skeleton maintained by the internal pressure of the body fluids.
- Incisor: A chisel-shaped cutting toothe at the front of the mouth in vertebrates.
- Joint: Any part of a skeleton where two or maore bones meet.
- Keratin: A structural protein that forms strong, flexible fibers, amd makes up horn, hair, and nails.
- Knuckle: A joint between the bones in a finger or thumb.
- Ligament: A strong, fibrous band of tissue that joins bones together at joints.
- Mandible: A vertebrate's lower jaw, or the biting mouthpart of an arthropod.
- Marrow: A substance found within spingy bone. It is where blood cells are made.
- Maxilla: Vertabrate upper jaw, or arthropod mouthpart to rear of the mandible.
- Molar Tooth: Chewing tooth at the back of a vertebrate jaw.
- Mollusk: An invertebrate with a soft body that is usually covered by a hard shell. The group includes snails, oysters, and scallops.
- Molt: The periodic sheding of an outer coverin, such as an exoskeleton, fur, or feathers, to allow growth or seasonal change.
- Mummification: The process of drying and preserving either human or animal remains by natural or artificial means.
- Nocturnal: Active at night.
- Ominvore: An animal that eats both plant and other animal material.
- Opposable: As opposable thumb (in humans) or big toes (in chimps and some other animals) is one that can be manipulated to touch, or oppose, the other fingers or toes on ths same hand or foot. This enables the limb to be used for holding and manipulating objects.
- Orbit: A bony socket in which the eyeball is situated.
- Ossicle: Any small bone or other calcified structure, such as a plate in an echinoderm shell or an exoskeleton. In humans, it is used to refer to small bones within the ear.
- Ossification: The process whereby cartilage turns into hard bone. In humans, some ossification continues to cover after birth.
- Periosteum: A thin, strong membrane that covers the surface of bones, except at the joints.
- Phalanges: The bones of teh fingers or toes in vertebrates, including humans.
- Premolar: Vertebrate toothe that is situated in front of the molars.
- Pronotum: Protective head sheild in some insect exoskeletons.
- Reptile: A member of a class of vertebrates with scaly skin that lays sealed eggs. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are all reptiles.
- Rodent: A member of an order of mammals with continuously growing incisors that are kept the right size by continuously gnawing. rabbits and guinea pgs are both rodents.
- Scapula: Vertebrate shoulder blade.
- Sediment: Mineral or organic matter carried and deposited by water, wind, or ice.
- Sedimentary Rock: Rock formed from layers of sediment.
- Sinus: An air-filled hole in the skull. The Sinueses around the nasal passages are filled with mucous-producing membranes.
- Skeleton: A stonr framework that supports the body and, in humans and some animals, provides attchment points for the muscles.
- Spinal Cord: The cord of nerve tissue enclosed and protected by the spinal column (backbone). These nerves connect the brain to the rest of the body.
- Spongy Bone: A honeycomblike material in the interior of bones. It is filled with bone marrow.
- Sternum: Vertebrate breast bone.
- Suture: An immovable joint between the individual bones in the skull that helps provide a strong protective casing.
- Tusk: A vertebrate tooth that projects beyond the upper or lower jaw.
- Vertebra: One of the bones make up the spinal column (backbone).
- Vertebrate: An animal with a boney or carilaginous spinal column (backbone).
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 155 in Eyewitness Books. (publisher series)
Preceded by Rock and Minerals, and followed by Arms & Armor.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Copper Beach Books
Country: Brookfield, CT., USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0761305297
Page Count: 72
Publisher: Copper Beach Books
Country: Brookfield, CT., USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0761305297
Page Count: 72
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 96007962
- Dewey: 596.0471
Subjects edit
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Inner Body: A health-based site with information about the human skeleton.
- eSkeletons: A site that allows visitors to view, compare, and read about the bones of a human, a gorilla, and a baboon.
- Sue at Field Museum: An interesting Web site featuring the largest T.Rex ever found.
- BrainPop: This Web features short educational movies about bones.
- Enchanted Learning: A site about human and animal skeletons for young children.
- KidPort: An educational site with a fun quiz for older children.
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