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Functions

gives our body shape and firmness
provides protection for important organs such as the heart or brain
provides levers for the muscles
we produce red blood cells in our bones


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Facts

skeleton made up of 20% bones
babies start off with 300 bones
as we get older more bones fuse together


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Joints

place where bones meet called a joint; common:
fixed joint - no movement - such as skull
pivot joint - twisting movement - such as elbow
ball and socket joint - circular movement - such as femur to pelvis joint
hinge joint - up and down movement - such as knee


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Other Body Facts

blood vessels that carry blood from heart are arteries
when you chew food mixes with saliva
when you enhale you release carbon dioxide
you have and a hammer and an anvil in your ear
a gland is an organ that make things for your body to use
the muscle at the front of your upper arm is your biceps
the diagphragm is an important muscle that helps you breathe
the coloured part of your eye is the iris
the two upper chambers of your heart are called auricees
waste products of the blood are filtered by the kidneys
your brain and nerves make up your nervous system
you breathe air into your lungs through two bronchial tubes
a tough tissue that holds bones together is cartilogue
the meeting place of two bones is a joint
the skeleton supports and protects our vital organs
red blood corpuscles carry oxygen



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