The Human Body Dodge Elementary 3 rd Grade

The Human Body Dodge Elementary 3 rd Grade Group 1 Student Power. Point

About the Skeletal System • The Skeletal System is made up of joints, bones and muscles. • Each of these has a job to do to help our body work. • There job is to help us move and helps us pickup things.

Bones • Everybody has a skeleton system made up of many bones – adults have 206 bones • Bones give the body structure. • Bones let you move in many ways. • Bones protect your internal organs. – Ribs acts as a shield that protects the heart and lungs. Both men and women have 12 pairs of ribs. – Knee Bone- The knee bone helps you run http: //www. kidshealth. org/kid/body/bones_SW. html

Joints • Joints let your bones move • Gliding joint- the carpals of the wrist • Ball-and-socket-The 2 balland-sockets are hip bone and shoulder. • Hinge Joint- The 2 hinge joints are the elbow & the phalanges.

Muscles • Did you know you have more than 600 muscles in your body? • Muscles help you do almost everything like — - pumping blood throughout your body - lifting your heavy backpack. • Some muscles, like your heart, do their jobs without you thinking about them at all. - Cardiac muscle closely resembles skeletal muscle, but has certain special features. - Muscle Fiber- Skeletal muscles are thousands of muscle fibers. Blood vessels and nerves run through them. • • - Smooth Muscle Tissue- You have no control of the smooth muscle tissue. It is found in the stomach, the bladder, and the respiratory passages. http: //www. kidshealth. org/kid/body/muscles_SW. html

The Skeletal System Review • Bones-There about 206 bones in the human body. The bones support our body. • Joints- Joints help you move. Synovial is a type of joint. • Muscles- There are 640 individually named skeletal muscles. A skeletal muscle links two bones across its connecting joint.

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