The Skeletal System

• Skeletal System


  It includes 206 separate bones of the body and their associated cartilages and joints.
• Osteology


  the study of bones
• Arthrology


  the study of joints/articulations.
• Four (4) functions of the SS:

  1. To support and protect many soft tissues of the body.
  2. To allow movement through interaction with the muscles to form a system of levers.
  3. To produce blood cells.
  4. To store calcium.