"I feel it in my bones!"
An abnormal, sideways curvature of the spine that often forms an "S" or "C" shape, typically accompanied by rotation.
What is scoliosis?
This blood type is the universal blood doner.
What is O-negative ?
The most reported falls occur in this room of someones home.
What is the bathroom?
This bone helps your quadriceps muscle move your leg and supports lots of important muscles, tendons and ligaments while you walk.
What is the patella?
What is the kneecap?
Why didn’t the skeleton go to the dance?
Because he had nobody to dance with.
A common bone disease that causes bones to become thin, weak, and highly porous, significantly increasing the risk of fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
Approximately this % of the world's population is left-handed.
What is 10% to 12% ?
This specific bone fracture from a fall has the highest fatality rate among seniors.
What is a hip fracture?
A hip fracture (specifically a proximal femur fracture) from a fall has the highest fatality rate among seniors, with up to 1 in 5 suffering from a fatal complication within 12 months.
This set of bones protects the internal organs like the heart and the lungs.
What is the ribs?
What is a skeleton’s favorite instrument?
A trom-bone.
A painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
What is arthritis?
This is the number 1 source of Vitamin D
What is sunlight?
This type of exercise class is great for improving balancing, mobility and is often referred to as "meditation in motion."
What is Tai Chi?
This is the is considered the hardest bone to break and is the longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
What do you call a skeleton who goes out in the snow?
A numb-skull.
A progressive, age-related disease characterized by the significant loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function.
What is sarcopenia?
This is the rarest of the common blood types, found in roughly 1% of the population.
What is AB Negative (AB-) ?
B Negative (B-): Another very rare type, found in only about 2% of donors.
The best type of exercises for bone health
What is weight bearing?
What is risitance training?
This is the most commonly broken bone in the human body.
What is the clavicle, or collarbone?
Due to its exposed, slender position, it is highly susceptible to fractures from falls, sports injuries, and car accidents, and it is the most frequent fracture site in children.
What does a skeleton use to cut through objects?
A shoulder blade.
A spinal disorder characterized by an excessive outward curve of the upper back, resulting in an abnormally rounded, hunched-over posture, sometimes called "roundback."
What is kyphosis?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
Our skin accounts for approximately (15%-16%) of our total body weight and covers an area of about 22 square feet in adults.
This balance test is frequently used to identify individuals at higher risk of falling, with a shorter balancing time directly correlated to increased fall rates.
What is the single leg stance test?
Researchers found that poor one-legged balance (specifically, being unable to stand for over 5–10 seconds) indicates an increased risk of falls and, in some studies, faster aging.
The smallest bone, called the stapes, which is hardly larger then a grain of rice, is located here in the body.
What is the inner ear?
Why didn't the skeleton go on the rollercoaster?
It didn't have the guts.