Skeletal system
- Created by: jorge_loz
- Created on: 02-10-15 19:06
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- The structure of the skeletal system
- Functions
- Movement at joints
- Support for muscles and vital organs
- Shape for maintaining our basic body shape
- Protection, such as the skull protecting the brain
- Blood-cell production in the bone marrow
- Bones
- The skeletal system is made of bones
- Flat bones
- Skull
- Irregular bones
- Vertebrae
- Long bones
- Femur
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- Tarsals
- Carpals
- Flat bones
- The skeletal system is made of bones
- Joints
- The skeletal system can only allow movement to happenwhwn it is joined up by the muscular system
- All movement occurs at joints, wich fall in this categories
- Saddle
- thumb
- Pivot
- wrist
- Gliding
- hand
- Ball and socket
- hip
- Condyloid
- wrist
- Hinge
- elbow
- Saddle
- All movement occurs at joints, wich fall in this categories
- The skeletal system can only allow movement to happenwhwn it is joined up by the muscular system
- Connective tissue
- It links bones and muscles
- Tendons
- strong, non-elastic
- Join muscles and bones
- Quadriceps and patella
- Cartilage
- Though but flexible
- Buffer between bones and joints
- Femur and tibia
- Ligaments
- Link joints
- Bands of fibre attached to de bones
- They help to keep the joints stable
- Tendons
- It links bones and muscles
- Functions
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