Dem Bones        Jeffrey Hale ©2001

The cranium and mandible 

are bones of the skull.

Sitting on top of your backbone.

The clavicle's the collar bone 

the scapula's the blade

of our shoulder, that's how we're made.

 

Bones of the spine vertebrae and discs,

a tail at the end sacrum and coccyx,

attached to the hip bone; the pelvis

The number of bones is 206.


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Here's the skeleton from head to toe.

It’s holding you up 

and making blood that flows.

Bones protect what's inside .

And yes, those bones are alive.


Metacarpals, carpals hands and wrists,

phalanges are the fingers. Grip and make a fist.

Radius, ulna and humerus 

are bones of the arms.

Reach and blow a kiss .


Our thigh bone is the longest bone 

that's for sure.

It’s a real long bone called the femur.

Tibia, fibula. and patella 

are the bones in our legs.

Let’s all stand up.


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The bones in our hands 

are much like our feet.

Metatarsals, tarsals, and phalanges.

Calcaneus bone is in our heel

Now you know your bones. 

How does it feel?


solo

 

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