Technical Tuesday Long and Short
Our skeletal system is an amazing thing. It consists of long
bones, short bones, and medium-sized bones. Even teeny-tiny bones. Together
they form the structure that allows us to move and dance.
The longest bone in the body is the thigh bone, or femur. Dancers
are usually familiar with this bone. It is the only bone of the thigh, and
extends from the hip to the knee. Not only is it the longest bone in the body
it is also the strongest.
In contrast to the femur, there is our smallest, teeny-tiny
bone. It is the stapes, located in the middle ear, and shaped like a stirrups.
It is only 0.11 inches long. Small but mighty, It is involved in sound
conduction to the inner ear – in other words, it helps us hear the music!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #25i:
“The longest bone in the body is the femur, the shortest is the
stapes in the ear.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
““It has long been an axiom of mine that
the little things are infinitely the most important.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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