Skeletal System

                            Skeletal System

Function: There are three main functions: 1. It allows you to move. 2. It creates blood cells in the bone marrow. 3. It protects your vital organs.

Organs:Bone, Cartilage, Tendon, Ligament

How to keep it healthy: You need physical exercise to keep your skeletal system strong/healthy. Walking or jogging for example will get you a very strong or healthy skeletal system.

Joints that the system has: fibrous, cartilagenous, and synovial. Synovial joints are the largest type of joints in the skeletal system.

Fun Facts : 1. You have 206 bones that make up your skeletal system. 2.The skeletal system is not only made up of 206 bones, but it is also made up of 206 bones and 32 teeth. 3. Bones are six times stronger that steel. 4.The smallest bone in your body is the size of a grain of rice. 5.The human feet have 52 bones. 6.In new born babies there are around 300 bones! 7.The outside of bones is hard while the inside is squishy and gooey. 8.The femur bone is the tallest bone in your body, which is present high(the femur bone, not your body.) 9.There are many bones in your hand/wrist, 8 bones in your wrist, 5 in your palm and 14 that make up your joints in your fingers. 10.Some people think that bones aren't alive, but they, when they are inside your body. Your bones are made up of bone cell.

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