October+MDA

10/6/14


 * Gypsy Vanner**

===How many of you have horses or have visited with one? I have two horses and a mule, but not a gypsy. If you are not aware a gypsy vanner is a type of horse that in my opinion is absolutely gorgeous. === ===These horses are most commonly black and white rarely do you see one another color. The horses maines are long as well as their tail. their bodies are built like a work horse with the feathers (hair) over the hoof and very strong. They are not all big though, if a the gypsy vanner is shorter than fourteen hands they are called or considered mini gypsies. You now are aware of what they look like so keep an eye out for this breed because they are not very common. === ===This breed was discovered at an estimated one hundred years ago and originated in England and in Ireland, they have made their way around the world. Although the horses have been around a while it is said they did not make their way to the United States until nineteen ninety six. These horses are so uncommon and well mannered that they retail for at least one thousand and sometimes over fifteen thousand, for me that is disfigurement. === ===I hope you have learned a little about the Gypsy Vanner and enjoyed it. Although there isn't much, there are facts that come to my interest and hopefully yours. In conclusion i hope you enjoyed my discovery on this breed of horse. ===

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10/12/14

=Phalanges=

What are phalanges? Phalanges are the bones of your fingers, not your hand your fingers. I find the study of bones very interesting, that is why I chose this for my discovery.
===There are three kinds of phalanges, distal, intermediate, and proximate. Each finger has all three besides the thumb. The thumb does not have the intermediate phalanges meaning there are only four of those. All of the others there are five, one in each finger. These are fourteen small bones in the hand that when they are strung together they form the five fingers or four fingers and the thumb. When you see an x-ray of a hand or a hand bone you will notice the phalanges with three parts. the bottom one that is closest to your palm is the proximal phalanges, the one in the middle is your intermediate, and the top is your distal. These are divided by digits which are the little bumps in your hand or your knuckles, there are three in every finger other than the thumb that divide the phalanges.===

In conclusion I found this a very intriguing discovery and hope you did as well.


10/19/14

FEMUR

The femur is the longest bone in our bodies although most of its say leg bone instead of its proper name. Yes, the femur is a bone in our leg but it is not the leg bone. With my fascination in human bones I chose this for my science discovery.

Our femur or thigh bone is the strongest, longest, and heaviest bone in our entire body. In most cases the femur is a quarter of our total body length. All of us walk and stand, jumping and running is most commonly optional, those are all activities in which the femur is necessary for support. Your hip and thigh muscles act upon the femur to create leg movement. In the proximal end or the head, the bone is spherical and creates the ball and joint formation that keeps the femur in contact with your hip bones. With the rounded head our femur can go in a wide variety of directions with the assistance of our hip. Just a small distance from the head the bone considerably narrows which forms the neck of the femur. The neck extends from the head to give the femur more room for the bone to move and twist in the ways we as humans need it to on a day to day basis or even on occasion. With the help of the neck we can move out legs laterally and distal or side to side and back to front, there is a flaw to this part of the femur though and that is its thinness making it very easily for it to fracture. Where the neck ends the femur rotates approximately forty five degrees this continues to work its way to the knee which forms the body of the bone. On the distal or lower end of the femur is the knee, the distal end significantly widens at this point to form the smooth medial and the lateral condyles. The medial and lateral condyles meet with the medial and lateral condyles of the tibia, this creates the articular surface of our knees. Between these condyles there is a depression that is know as the intercondylar fossa that gives space for surrounding legiments.

In my opinion this sums up the femur bone which is the longest and very important bone in our bodies. I hope you found enjoyment in my discovery for the week and are now educated on the femur, the heaviest and strongest bone we contain. http://www.exploringnature.org/db/detail.php?dbID=24&detID=2768

=October 26 2014= =Ulna=

Today I have decided to do the Ulna for my science discovery. This is a bone in our mid and lower arm. In your arm you will notice there are two bones in the lower arm that later join.

The ulna is a very important bone in our body. It is located in our forearm and meets with your carpals at one end and at the other your elbow, I don't mean that they are connected though when I say this. When the ulna and humerus join it creates our elbow that allows arms to bend and divides the lower and upper half of the arm. The part of the ulna where it is connected or meets with the humerus at the elbow is known as the olecranon process. Where the ulna and the radius meet is the wrist and this allows the joint to rotate. Ulnas and the radius are parallel to each other one the lateral side of the ulna. There are numerous muscles surrounding the ulna and connecting to it. The muscles in the forearm are most commonly helpful when it comes to moving and rotating the wrist and elbow. This bone is vulnerable and easily fractured mainly because of its location on the medial side of the arm.

There are over two hundred complex bones in the human body, this is only one. I hope you enjoyed my science discovery and learned something as well. I find that bones and anatomy can be both confusing and complex but also fascinating in my opinion. http://myskehliton.weebly.com/ulna--radius.html