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Skeletal System
What is the skeletal system
• Your Skeletal system is all of the bones in
the body and the tissues such as tendons,
ligaments and cartilage that connect them
Job of skeleton
• Support/Shape
• Protection- internal organs
• Movement- bone attaches to muscle
Your skeleton is the framework of your
body
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Babies have more bones then an adult
There are 206 bones in an adult human body
Bones are made of calcium
Bones are alive
Bones bend and break
Exercise and dairy products help strengthen
bones
• The femur is the largest bone in the body
Assignment
http://hes.ucfsd.org/gclaypo/skelweb/skel01.
html#teeth
• Copy the above link into your address bar.
• Read all about the skeletal system and
look at skeletal diagram
• Play the Bone Match Game
• Take the Big Bone Quiz (2)