The Skeleton is the collection of bones that hold the body up. The Skeleton protects are vital oragans like are brain, heart and lung. It gives us are shape that we have. It also allows us to move with the help of are muscles that are attached to them. We are born with 350 bones, by the time we are adults we hvae only 206 bones. this is because some bones join together as they grow. Are bones join together from joints. At the end of each bone it is covered by cartileage.
Facts
The smallest bone is found in the ear
The largest bone is the femur
Bones are filled with a fatty substance called bone marrow. In marrow
there is red and white blood cells which are manufactured and then released into the
bloodstream.
Over half the bodys bones are in the head and feet.
The only unjointed bone in your body is the hyoid bone in your throat.
Your growth in height is likely to stop by the time you are 16 if your a
girl and 18 if your a boy.
