ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The skeletal system works as a support structure for your body. It gives the body its shape, allows movement, makes blood cells, provides protection for organs and stores minerals.

Detailed explanation-2: -The skeletal system is the body system composed of bones and cartilage and performs the following critical functions for the human body: supports the body. facilitates movement. protects internal organs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lower leg is comprised of two bones, the tibia and the smaller fibula. The thigh bone, or femur, is the large upper leg bone that connects the lower leg bones (knee joint) to the pelvic bone (hip joint).

Detailed explanation-4: -Long bone – has a long, thin shape. Short bone – has a squat, cubed shape. Flat bone – has a flattened, broad surface. Irregular bone – has a shape that does not conform to the above three types.

Detailed explanation-5: -Support. The skeleton provides the framework which supports the body and maintains its shape. Movement. Protection. Blood cell production. Storage. Endocrine regulation.