Skeletal System

Skeletal System

The skeletal system has five roles. It provides support, protects internal organs, allows your body to move, stores and produces materials that your body needs. Your skelton gives your body its basic shape and provides the support that you need. The center of your skeleton is your backbone or vertebral column, which consists of thirty-three bones called vertebrae. Many skeletal bones protect internal organs, such as your ribs and breastbone that form a protective cage around your heart and lungs In coordination with your muscular and nervous system, your skeletal system allows you to move. Your bones store essential substances, such as phosphorus and calcium, which are released when other parts of the body need
them.