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The major functions of the Skeletal System The Science in our Lives
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Hello, I'm Kaitlyn Heckman and I will Be talking about The major functions of the Skeletal System and why this is important to know.
The skeletal system is very important for our body's health. The skeletal system does many things for our body such as being a support structure. It gives our body its shape, allows movement, makes red blood cells in the bone marrow, provides protection for organs, and stores minerals. Did you know when we are a baby we have more bones than when we are grown? It's true when we are babies we have around 300 bones and as we grow our bones fused together to make our current 206 bones. Most of these 206 bones are in our feet and hands which make up over ½ of all our bones. The bones in our body can be classified into 2 main groups: the axial and appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton consists of our bones that are in our core whereas the bones in the appendicular skeleton are mainly in our legs and arms. Then we can classify and sort the bones into 4 different categories, long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones. Having all these classifications can help people like you and me better understand the complicated system that is our skeletal system.
This is relevant in many people's lives because of a friend or family member suffering from a bone disease such as osteoporosis or maybe you or someone you know could have broken a bone. For me, I remember when I was younger my little sister fractured her arm. Now I know the difference between a fracture and a break, see a fracture is basically a smaller break but it still needs to be professionally taken care of by a trained and licensed medical professional if possible or this could have negative effects later in life.
The reason you need to know this information is to better understand the way our bodies work and how they are all different from one another but also all work together to perform many important jobs for our body.
Hello, I'm Kaitlyn Heckman and I will Be talking about The major functions of the Skeletal System and why this is important to know.
The skeletal system is very important for our body's health. The skeletal system does many things for our body such as being a support structure. It gives our body its shape, allows movement, makes red blood cells in the bone marrow, provides protection for organs, and stores minerals. Did you know when we are a baby we have more bones than when we are grown? It's true when we are babies we have around 300 bones and as we grow our bones fused together to make our current 206 bones. Most of these 206 bones are in our feet and hands which make up over ½ of all our bones. The bones in our body can be classified into 2 main groups: the axial and appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton consists of our bones that are in our core whereas the bones in the appendicular skeleton are mainly in our legs and arms. Then we can classify and sort the bones into 4 different categories, long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones. Having all these classifications can help people like you and me better understand the complicated system that is our skeletal system.
This is relevant in many people's lives because of a friend or family member suffering from a bone disease such as osteoporosis or maybe you or someone you know could have broken a bone. For me, I remember when I was younger my little sister fractured her arm. Now I know the difference between a fracture and a break, see a fracture is basically a smaller break but it still needs to be professionally taken care of by a trained and licensed medical professional if possible or this could have negative effects later in life.
The reason you need to know this information is to better understand the way our bodies work and how they are all different from one another but also all work together to perform many important jobs for our body.
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