Sports Studies The Skeleton
- Created by: Lucy Costelloe
- Created on: 06-02-13 18:50
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The Skeleton and It's Functions
The Skeleton has 4 Functions:
- Protection of soft parts such as brain and lungs
- Blood Formation in the marrow of bones
- Movement
- Support- Gives you shape and holds organs in place
- (BUMPS)
There are 206 Bones in the body:
- Long Bones - Femur
- Short Bones - Phalanges
- Flat Bones - Scapula
- Irregular Bones - Vertebrae
The Skeleton is divided into 2 main parts:
- Appendicular- Moving parts that are not connected to vertebrae, has large movement
- Axial- Vertebral Column and bones connected, little movement
The Vertebrae
The Vertebral column is made up of 29 Vertebrae. These are all seperate bones except for the last 4 which are fused together, forming the coccyx.
The joints between each pair of vertebrae:
- have little movement
- can all move in any direction when working together
The two vertebrae at the top…
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