The Human Skeleton PDF
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This document provides an overview of the human skeleton, explaining its function as a support structure for the body, its role in protecting vital organs, and its composition. It details the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton, including components like the skull, vertebrae, ribs, and limbs.
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The Skeleton Your skeleton is your basic support structure and consists of bones and joints. Your skeleton is a firm framework of bones that: Gives shape and supports the soft parts of the body. Protects vital organs such as the brain, heart, lungs. Gives attachment to muscles...
The Skeleton Your skeleton is your basic support structure and consists of bones and joints. Your skeleton is a firm framework of bones that: Gives shape and supports the soft parts of the body. Protects vital organs such as the brain, heart, lungs. Gives attachment to muscles to bones to provide movement. Acts as a factory for making red blood cells. Stores important minerals such as calcium. Your skeleton can be divided in two parts: the axial which is composed of: - the skull - vertebral column - sacrum and ribcage the appendicular which is composed of: - the shoulder girdle (clavicle and scapula), - upper limbs - pelvic girdle - lower limbs An adult’s skeleton has 206 bones. The human skeleton
