Skeletal System

• Skeletal system


  • Made up of your bones and creates the support structure for the rest of your tissue and organs
  • Gives your body shape, supports your muscles, provides movement, and makes red blood cells
• Skull


  • Provides protection and structure to the brain and orbits of the eyes
• Ribs


  • Form the main structure of the thoracic cage protecting the thoracic organs
  • Aid respiration
• Pelvis


  • Protects internal reproductive organs, the urinary bladder, and the lower part of the digestive tract
• Femur


  • Holds the weight of your body when you stand and move
• Fibula


  • Combines with the tibia to provide stability to the ankle joint