Making a few dietary changes can improve your overall bone health and enhance your skeletal structure for the rest of your life. From grapes to leafy vegetables and sodium to caffeine, here’s a list of foods that you should incorporate into (and take away from) your daily routine.

The bones of the human body allow us to move from place to place and provide protection to other organs. Some bones also produce blood cells. Our bones produce over two million red blood cells every second. Scientists consider the skeleton to be composed of two parts: axial and appendicular.

Bone loss in the jaw bone can cause the teeth to become loosened or even fall out. Bone loss around the teeth is usually caused by periodontal disease. One of the difficulties in treating bone loss around the teeth is that the bone loss cannot be reversed, although new bone can be grafted in.

The spinal column is made of bones called vertebrae, soft cushioning discs that act as shock absorbers and strong, heavy ligaments that add form and stability. Attached to the spine are many muscles that give strength and movement to the spine.

Wrist fractures interfere with the ability to work and do normal household activities. A fall onto the hand or a motor vehicle accident can cause a wrist fracture.

Milk is a major source of many nutrients that support bone health. Although kids are encouraged to drink their milk, adults often pass up milk and consume soda, tea, coffee or juice instead. Adults need milk to reduce their risk of losing bone mass.

A roasted lamb shank bone, known as the zeroa (also spelled zeroah or z'roah), is placed on the seder plate at Passover. It symbolizes the two lambs that were sacrificed on the eve of the ancient Jews' exodus from Egypt. A lamb was sacrificed on the afternoon before Passover in subsequent years.

Exercise often causes soreness in your bones and muscles, especially when you've started a new exercise. When bones see increased amounts of stress, your body responds by building more bone mass in the area, ultimately strengthening the bone.

According to various claims, wearing copper can provide a wealth of benefits — including easing arthritic soreness, preventing athlete’s foot and much more.

Five types of bones make up the human skeleton: flat bones, long bones, short bones, irregular bones and sesamoid bones. Flat bones, true to their name, are flat, thin, curved bones.

Bone stimulators are essentially tools that aid in healing and recovery. They emit a series of electrical impulses or ultrasound waves that create pressure on the tissue of the bone. This pressure stimulates bone-forming cells to create and mineralize new bone through the process of remodeling.

Think of a bone in your body like a wooden stick -- the larger and denser the stick, the harder it is to break. As you age, however, the hormones that signal your body to build bone start to diminish in production, which can make your bones less dense and more injury-prone.