The Skeletal
System

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Why do we
need it?

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How can I
take care of
it?

Why do you need your
bones?

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Your bones protect your other important
body parts.

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Your bones give you shape.

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Blood cell formation

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Site for muscle attachmentbody

movement

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Mineral storage (calcium especially

)

My skull…

protects

my

brain.

My rib cage…

…

protects

my

heart

and

lungs.

What would you look like
without bones?

Without bones

inside you

to give you shape,

you would be a

BLOB!

Interesting facts



The longest bone in your body is
the bone above your knee, the
thighbone.

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Your funny bone isn’t a bone at all.

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When you were born, you had
more than 300 bones. By the time
you stop growing, you’ll have 206.

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Your bones are living. They grow
as you get older.

What can you do to take
care of your skeletal
system?

Skeletal Summary

The skeletal system has

two jobs:

1.

protects our other important
body parts.

2.

gives us shape.

Skeletal Summary

It is important to take care of

our skeletal system by:

1.

Exercising

2.

Playing carefully

3.

Eat dairy foods

4.

Sitting up straight