SCIENCE
SKELETAL SYSTEM
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nervous system
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skeletal system
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muscular system
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body system
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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. The skeletal system is also called the musculoskeletal system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ribs form a cage that shelters the heart and lungs, and the pelvis helps protect the bladder, part of the intestines, and in women, the reproductive organs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Skeletal system gives support and strength to the body.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bones also protect internal organs from injury by covering or surrounding them. Your ribs protect your lungs and heart, the bones of your vertebral column (spine) protect your spinal cord, and the bones of your cranium (skull) protect your brain (Figure 10.1.
Detailed explanation-5: -The skeletal system protects the internal organs of the body. For example, ribcage protects the heart and lungs. Bones are moved by alternate contraction and relaxation of muscles that are attached to them.