1. By: Kristen Hammond and Jessica Davis
Protection
By: Kristen Hammond and Jessica Davis

2. Types of bones that Protect
Cranium (skull) - brain, eyes
Ribs - heart, lungs
Vertebrae (spine, backbones) - spinal cord

3. What would happen if your bones break?
When your ribs break, it could damage your heart, and/or lungs
If you break your vertebrae, it could hurt/damage your spinal cord

4. Trauma
shaken baby syndrome (when someone forcefully shakes a baby, the child’s head rotates uncontrollably. This is because infants’ neck muscles aren’t well developed and provide little support for their heads. This violent movement pitches the infant’s brain back and forth within the skull, sometimes rupturing blood vessels and nerves throughout the brain and tearing the brain tissue. The brain may strike the inside of the skull, causing bruising and bleeding to the brain.)

5. What Would Happen if Babies Skull Bones Didn’t Move?
They won’t be able to get out of the birth canal because no matter what, the birth canal wouldn’t be large enough.