EVERYDAY SCIENCE

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 human skeleton serves six major functions: support, movement, protection, production of blood cells, storage of ions, and endocrine regulation. Bone, or osseous tissue, is a hard, dense connective tissue that forms most of the adult skeleton, the support structure of the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -The functions of bone(s) are (i) mechanical support of soft tissues, (ii) levers for muscle action, (iii) protection of the central nervous system, (iv) release of calcium and other ions for the maintenance of a constant ionic environment in the extracellular fluid, and (v) housing and support of hemopoiesis.

Detailed explanation-4: -For one, the bone matrix acts as a reservoir for a number of minerals important to the functioning of the body, especially calcium, and phosphorus. These minerals, incorporated into bone tissue, can be released back into the bloodstream to maintain levels needed to support physiological processes.

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.