1. Dodge Elementary 3rd Grade Group 1 Student PowerPoint
The Human Body
Dodge Elementary 3rd Grade Group 1
Student PowerPoint

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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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