Skeletal and Mascular System

• Skeletal System


  Supports and protects body structures, produces blood cells, stores minerals, facilitates movement

  
• Important Organs of Skeletal System

  • Bones
  • Cartilage
  • Joints
  • Ligaments
  • Tendons
• Bones


  • Provide structural support for the body, protect delicate organs such as brain and heart, serve as attachment points for muscles

  
• Cartilage


  • Flexible connective tissue found in areas such as the joints, nose, ears, and between vertebra
• Joints


  • Points where two or more bones come together
• Ligaments


  • Tough, fibrous tissues that connect bones to other bones at joints
• Tendons


  • Strong, fibrous connective tissues that connect muscles to bones
• Division of Skeletal System

  
• Diseases of Skeletal System