• Question: what is the most unusual bone in the body

    Asked by 754nveg45 to Lauren, Marisol, Michael, Sarah, Sophie on 16 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Michael Rivera

      Michael Rivera answered on 16 Nov 2016:

      In humans, this has to be the pelvis. It’s a weird bowl shape, with two massive sockets where your legs fit into them. It holds all our body weight and our vital organs inside, but it is a very weird shape! It isn’t long, or short, or flat – just irregular-looking!

      Michael 🙂

    • Photo: Marisol Collins

      Marisol Collins answered on 16 Nov 2016:

      I agree with @Michael – the pelvis can be a pretty odd-looking thing!

      I think the most unusual bones have to be the tiny bones, called the ossicles, that we have in our inner ear, that work together to help noise vibrations on their journey from our ear to the brain where we can recognise them as sounds!

      Marisol 🙂

    • Photo: Lauren Burt

      Lauren Burt answered on 18 Nov 2016:

      I’ve been asked about what the ‘funny bone’ is, as that is what I would say was the most unusual bone in the body.
      But it’s not a bone! We just say it is because of the funny feeling when we hit our elbow. The funny feeling is the Ulnar nerve, which senses when it is hit, and what you feel in your little finger and the one next to it!
      I learnt something today!

      So yeah I think the funny bone is unusual as it isn’t really a bone!

      Lauren

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