The Spleen
Bones
Indigenous Knowledge
Surprise!
100

What is it shaped like?

A bean!

100

How many bones are in the adult body?

206

100

What is the most popular medicinal plant used by Indigenous People across Canada?

Yarrow plants

100

What colour is the spleen? 

purple

200

True or false:

You cannot live without a spleen because the risk of infection becomes fatal?

False! Although risk of infection increases after spleen removal, you can still live a healthy life without one!

200

Name one of the major bones in the body.

- skull

- spine

- ribs

- arms

- legs


200

What materials did they use to repair a bone break?

- sticks

- bark

-animal bones

-leather 

200

How many bones do babies have?

300

300

What are the two parts of the spleen?

- white pulp

- red pulp

300

What is the function of bones?

- to allow body parts to move

- to protect organs

300

What does the Devil's Club plant represent?

Luck and protection

300

What is the only bone that does not connect to a joint?

The Hyoid bone
400

What is stored in the spleen?

Blood

400

What are the 3 Stages of breaking a bone?

1. Inflammatory Phase

2. Repairing Phase

3. Bone Remodeling 

400

True or false:

The Indigenous Peoples use plaster casts to heal bones?

False! They use natural remedies such as paste from plants to help the bone heal

400

True or false:

1% of people are born with 13 ribs on each side - having 26 in total?

True! the average person has 12 on each side. 

500

List 1 of the 3 functions of the spleen. 

- stores and filters blood

- makes white blood cells and antibodies

- maintains the level of fluid in your body

500

What is the longest and strongest bone in the body?

The femur!

500

How do Indigenous Peoples use plants as healing remedies?

They grind them into a paste 

500

How long does it take for new, mature bones to develop after the injury?

3-4 weeks

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