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The Skeletal System

Your Support System. The Skeletal System. The Skeletal System. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vya4wpS2fgk Composed of: bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons Function: Provide support and shape to the body Protection of internal organs Locomotion (movement) Produce blood cells

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The Skeletal System

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  1. Your Support System The Skeletal System

  2. The Skeletal System http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vya4wpS2fgk Composed of: bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons Function: • Provide support and shape to the body • Protection of internal organs • Locomotion (movement) • Produce blood cells • Stores minerals and nutrients

  3. Components • Tendons – flexible material that attaches bones to muscle • Ligaments – flexible material that attaches bones together • Cartilage – flexible material that acts as a shock absorber in joints and also gives shape to certain parts of the body • Bones – hard material for support, protection and blood production • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTenIDJBwU&feature=related

  4. Bones Human body has 206 bones. http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html

  5. Types of Joints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMglTDY-JOQ&feature=related

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