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October21,2015
Period5th
Animalsarenottheonlyoneswhohavetailbonesbutsodohumans,unlikeanimalsour
tailbonesdon'tshowliketheirs.ThetailbonewhichoriginalnameisCoccyxislocatedatthe
verybottomofourspine.Anothernameforthisbonewaybeforethenewnamewasinvented
wasthewhistlebone.Thenextbonethatweallknowbyadifferentnameisthejawbone.The
actualnameforthisboneismandible.ThewordcamefromalatinwordcalledMandowhich
meanschew.Weallknowwhatarefingersarecalledandknowwhattheyaremadeofbutmost
ofyalldontknowthehistoryofit.ThePhalangeistheactualnameofourfingersthisword
originatedduringthegreektimesbecauseoftheirbattleformationswhichwassoldiersliningup
realclosejoined.
EduardoBautista
October21,2015
Period5th
Theboneisthebasicunitoftheskeletalsystemwhichalsoprovidestheframeworkorourbody.
Thebonescanprotectourvitalorgansandhelpuswithoureverydaybasismovements.The
bonetissuecanbedeterminedinmanywayssuchastexture,matrix,arrangement,And
maturity.ThereistwotypesofbonesSpongyboneandtheCompactbonetheirrolesarevery
different.ThespongyboneiscalledtheSpongybonebecauseofthewaythebonefeels
anothernameforthisboneisTrabecularbone.ThecompactboneisIvoryLikebutwithout
cavitiesthewaythisthingworksisithelpsouttherestofthebonebyprotecting.
EduardoBautista
October21,2015
Period5th
Thebonethatwassoakedinvinegarwasverytenderandflexible,thetextureandthecolorofit
wasrare.Theotherbonewasverynormallookingandveryhardtobendthatitfeltlikeitwas
goingtosnap.ThecookedbonefeltthesamewayastheNormalbonejustalittlemoreroughit
wassomewhatbendableandverysmoothtextured.Thevinegarsoakedbonehadsomeone
whatofbloodleft,thenormalbonehadmorethanthecookedandvinegarbonecombined.
Theyallhadaveryrareweirdlookingcolortothemoneofthemwereyellowtheotherwas
greyishwhiteandthelastonewasalightredcolor.
EduardoBautista
October21,2015
Period5th
EduardoBautista
October21,2015
Period5th
Citations
ResearchatBioInspiredNanomaterialLab.(n.d.).RetrievedOctober23,2015,from
http://leelab.berkeley.edu/research.php#B
HistologyPhotomicrographs.(n.d.).RetrievedOctober23,2015,from
http://eugraph.com/histology/crtbone/spongbo.html