babies bone development [video clips] [appearing pictures with questions]
- Click the RED arrow to start the video. Hover over a question for a screenshot to appear.
- 1. What is the topic covered in this video ?
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- 2. How many bones are babies born with ?
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- 3. What are these made from ?
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- 4. When does this reduce to 206 ?
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- 5. Why is this ?
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- 6. What is this process called ?
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- 7. What does the word "fused" mean ?
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- 8. Do you know why this helps the baby as it goes through the birth canal ?
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- 9. Can you see the lines on the skull, these form the separate bone "plates" of the skull ?
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- 10. What do you think can happen to these "plates" when they are squeezed. ?
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- 11. Why do you think the head is supported during birth ?
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- 12. Is the baby turned during birth for a reason and if so, what ?
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- 13. Once the baby is born the "plates" serve another purpose, but what ?
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- 14. During early development what is most of the bodies energy dediciated to ?
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- 15. What feature does this explain ?
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- 17. How long is two decades ?
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- 18. At what age do the bones stop growing ?
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- 19. If you have understood most of this, well done!! It is not an easy topic.
