What do you know?

2. What do you know?

3. What do you think the Functions of the skeleton system are?

4. Functions of the Skeletal System

5. Support & Strength • Your Body Against Gravity • Carries your Weight • Legs / Back support all the weight • Normal Posture & Alignment

6. Protection • Head • Brain • Spine • Spinal Cord • Ribs • Heart / Lungs

7. Pelvis • Reproductive Organs • Bladder • Internally • Red Bone Marrow

8. Movement • Bones work in connection with muscles • Joints • Many Different Types of Joints

9. Storage • Minerals your body uses • P and Ca

10. Hemopoiesis • RBC formation • Red Bone Marrow

11. Types of Bones • Long • Long bones have a tubular shaft and articular surface at the end

12. Types of Bones • Short • Variable in Size & Shape • Compact in nature

13. Types of Bones • Flat • Thin with broad surfaces

14. Skeletal Setup • Axial • Bones on Center • Core

15. Skeletal Setup • Appendicular • Appendages • Upper & Lower Extremities

16. Skeleton Factoids • The human hand has 27 bones; your face has 14 • The longest bone in your body? • The femur – ¼ of your height • The smallest bone in your body? • The stirrup bone in the ear – 1/10”

17. Did you know that humans and giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks? • Giraffe neck vertebrae are much longer • When you were born you had over 300 bones. • As you grew, some of the bones fused together. • The result? An adult as only 206 bones • You have over 230 moveable and semi-moveable joints in your body.

18. DEM BONES