BONES AND SKELETON

Our skeleton is a framework of hard rigid pieces called bones. The bones of our skeleton are held together by connections called joints.

• The skeleton consists of 206 bones of various types:
• Long bones, like the femur.
• Flat bones, like the scapula.
• Short bones, like the vertebrae.

• The groups of bones.
• The vertebrae are a group of small bones that form the spine. The spine supports the whole skeleton.
• The group of flatbones that form the skull protect your brain.
• The rib cage protects the organs in the trunk.

• The joints. There are two types.
• Some joints allow the bones to move, like the elbow.
• Others don’t allow the bones to move, like those in the skull.

 

 

 

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