Benny lives in a large family. They have a big house. There are grandfather and grandmother. There are uncle and aunt. There are mom and dad. There are brother and sister. And there are lots of cousins. The house is always noisy and there is a lot of fun. But today, none is in the […]
Benny and his friend Tammy go to the playground every day. They are practising for the school race. They practise in the school too. Benny is a fast runner. Tammy is also a fast runner. Both Benny and Tammy are selected for the school race. They are happy. Benny gets new red running shoes. Tammy
The school bell rings. It is time to go back home as the school is now over. Benny runs out to his school bus. He wants to get to his bus first. It is a big yellow bus. Benny likes to sit at the first window seat. He reaches the bus. There is already a
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EpicraniusMuscles The muscles that cover the skull are the epicranius muscles. The epicranius muscles are comprised of two muscles: the frontalis muscle and the occipitalis muscle. The muscle located on the forehead is the frontalis muscle, while the occipitalis muscle is located on the right and the left side of the skull on the back
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Skeletal muscles are the only voluntary muscles in the body. These muscles are connected with the skeleton, hence are called skeletal muscles. These muscles are composed of striated muscle tissues. Somatic nervous system is responsible for every action of these muscles. This is the reason why these are called voluntary muscles. These muscles are usually
A gliding joint is also referred as a plane or planar joint in which two flat surfaces of a bone move smoothly on each other. In this type of joint, the connecting surfaces of the involved bones are flat or slightly curved. These joints allow only gliding movement. These are found between the carpal bones
The foot is the base of the human leg. There are 26 bones and more than 100 muscles in the human foot. This network makes the human foot a complex part. The bones of the foot are arranged into three parts: the tarsal bones, metatarsal bones and phalanges. The metatarsal bones form the body of
Thigh The bones of the lower limbs are connected with the trunk by means of the pelvic girdle. The lower limb supports the body; they help to maintain balance and mobility. The part between the hip and the knee is referred as the thigh. The bone of the thigh is the femur bone, which is
The bones of the hand are arranged in groups. The three types of the bones that constitute a hand are: the carpals, the metacarpals and the phalanges. The carpals or the bones which enter into the formation of the wrist are short bones. The metacarpals (long bones) form the skeleton of the palm of the
The pelvic girdle is a link between the trunk (upper part of the body) and the lower part of the body. The hip or pelvic girdle is made up of two coxal (two hip bones : left and right) bones. Each coxal bone is shaped up by the combination of three bones: ilium, ischium and
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. She went for a walk ina forest. Soon, she came upon a house. She knocked at the door of the house. When no one answered, shewalked right into the house. At the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was
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Cartilage is an important component of the human body. It is a connective tissue that helps in the structural formation of the body and provides support to the other tissues of the body. It is found in many areas of the body. For example, joints between bones, ends of the ribs, between the vertebrae in
Human bones grow continually from birth till the mid- 20’s. A growing baby has 350 bones. As it grows, many bones join together and thus the number of bones decreases till the baby grows into an adult. The bones of the skeleton are classified according to their shapes and formations. Over half of our bones
The skeletal system is the bony framework of the body. It provides support and protects the soft organs like brain, lungs and heart. It has an important role in the body movement. This system is made up of 206 bones of different shapes and sizes. Bones are made up of living cells. The inside of
Head The head includes the part of the body above the neck, principally the skull and the face along with the internal structures. The skull is the bony base of the head that protects the brain. When compared to the ancestors, the apes, human heads house big-sized brains. The size of a newborn baby’s head