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There are two main jobs that the skeleton does— it supports the body, and it protects delicate organs.
The skeleton is the frame that holds man erect. It is made mostly of bones - A baby is born with as many as 270s mall, rather soft bones in his framework. A fully grown person usually has 206, because some bones become fused, or grow together.
Bones fit together at joints and are held fast by ligaments, which are like tough cords or straps. Some joints can be moved freely. For example, when you run, you move your legs at the hip and knee joints. When you throw a ball, you move your arm at the shoulder and elbow joints.
Some joints cannot be moved at all. At the base of the spine the bones are fused, forming one bony plate that fits into another. Neither moves. The joints in your skull are solid, too, except for those in the jaw.
The protection that the skeleton provides includes the hard, bony cap of the skull. This protects the brain. The rib cage protects the heart and lungs. And the backbone, or hollow spinal column, protects the spinal cord, the body's trunk line of nerve cables. The backbone is actually a string of small bones.
It is hard for us to think of bone as living tissue, but it is. It grows when a person is young. For example, the thigh bone may triple in length between the time a person is born and the time he is fully grown.
Bones grow in length and thickness as calcium and other minerals are added to them. And since bone is living tissue, it must be fed. The outside of the bone is covered with a thin, tough skin. The skin holds many tiny blood vessels that carry food to the bone cells.
The skeleton is the frame that holds man erect. It is made mostly of bones - A baby is born with as many as 270s mall, rather soft bones in his framework. A fully grown person usually has 206, because some bones become fused, or grow together.
Bones fit together at joints and are held fast by ligaments, which are like tough cords or straps. Some joints can be moved freely. For example, when you run, you move your legs at the hip and knee joints. When you throw a ball, you move your arm at the shoulder and elbow joints.
Some joints cannot be moved at all. At the base of the spine the bones are fused, forming one bony plate that fits into another. Neither moves. The joints in your skull are solid, too, except for those in the jaw.
The protection that the skeleton provides includes the hard, bony cap of the skull. This protects the brain. The rib cage protects the heart and lungs. And the backbone, or hollow spinal column, protects the spinal cord, the body's trunk line of nerve cables. The backbone is actually a string of small bones.
It is hard for us to think of bone as living tissue, but it is. It grows when a person is young. For example, the thigh bone may triple in length between the time a person is born and the time he is fully grown.
Bones grow in length and thickness as calcium and other minerals are added to them. And since bone is living tissue, it must be fed. The outside of the bone is covered with a thin, tough skin. The skin holds many tiny blood vessels that carry food to the bone cells.
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There are three reasons to have a skeleton:
*to hold your body upright
*to protect delicate organs (as said above)
*and to help you move.
Hope this advice was helpful
*to hold your body upright
*to protect delicate organs (as said above)
*and to help you move.
Hope this advice was helpful
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answered 8 months ago
The skeleton provides motility, support, and protects our internal organs such as the heart and lungs.
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answered 9 months ago
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answered 8 months ago
We have a skeleton so that it holds your body upright and your rib cage ( part of your skeleton !) protects the hears and lungs and stuff ! :)
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answered 8 months ago
There are three reasons to have a skeleton:
*to hold your body upright
*to protect delicate organs (as said above)
*and to help you move.
Hope this advice was helpful
*to hold your body upright
*to protect delicate organs (as said above)
*and to help you move.
Hope this advice was helpful
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answered 8 months ago
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answered 7 months ago
Its to protect our organs and to support our body.It helps us move around and hold your body up straight .Our skeleton is very important to our body.
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answered 7 months ago
We have skeleton for the following reasons:
It gives proper shape to our body.
It is site for the production of RBCs and WBCs.
We are able to stand, do different activities because of it.
It protects our variou delicious organs like heart, lungs , kidney etc.
It gives proper shape to our body.
It is site for the production of RBCs and WBCs.
We are able to stand, do different activities because of it.
It protects our variou delicious organs like heart, lungs , kidney etc.
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Skeleton make up the frame work of the body .It helps and aid movement ,gives shape to the body .
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answered 6 months ago
Yes! We have skeleton There are at least 206 bones in our body. We had 300 bones when we were babies.
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answered 1 month ago
The human skeleton has a number of different functions:
Shape for our body
Support he body in the correct position or posture
Support the internal organs
Protect the delicate vital organs of the body
Provide sites for muscle attachment
To work as a level system
To enable us to make large and fine movements
To produce red and white blood cells
Shape for our body
Support he body in the correct position or posture
Support the internal organs
Protect the delicate vital organs of the body
Provide sites for muscle attachment
To work as a level system
To enable us to make large and fine movements
To produce red and white blood cells
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