Dodge Elementary 3rd Grade Group 1 Student PowerPoint The Human Body Dodge Elementary 3rd Grade Group 1 Student PowerPoint
About the Skeletal System The Skeletal System is made up of joints, bones and muscles. Each of these has a job to do to help our body work. There job is to help us move and helps us pickup things.
Bones Everybody has a skeleton system made up of many bones – adults have 206 bones Bones give the body structure. Bones let you move in many ways. Bones protect your internal organs. Ribs acts as a shield that protects the heart and lungs. Both men and women have 12 pairs of ribs. Knee Bone- The knee bone helps you run http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW.html
Joints Joints let your bones move Gliding joint- the carpals of the wrist Ball-and-socket-The 2 ball-and-sockets are hip bone and shoulder. Hinge Joint- The 2 hinge joints are the elbow & the phalanges.
Muscles Did you know you have more than 600 muscles in your body? Muscles help you do almost everything like — - pumping blood throughout your body - lifting your heavy backpack. Some muscles, like your heart, do their jobs without you thinking about them at all. - Cardiac muscle- Cardiac muscle closely resembles skeletal muscle, but has certain special features. - Muscle Fiber- Skeletal muscles are thousands of muscle fibers. Blood vessels and nerves run through them. - Smooth Muscle Tissue- You have no control of the smooth muscle tissue. It is found in the stomach, the bladder, and the respiratory passages. http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_SW.html
The Skeletal System Review Bones-There are about 206 bones in the human body. The bones support our body. Joints- Joints help you move. Synovial is a type of joint. Muscles- There are 640 individually named skeletal muscles. A skeletal muscle links two bones across its connecting joint.
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