Skeletal System

Question 1

What are the three functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 1

Support, protect and aid movement

Question 2

Explain support

Answer 2

Your skeleton provides a frame for your body and therefore supports you. For example, it enables you to balance when performing a hand stand

Question 3

Explain protection

Answer 3

Your skeleton provides support for your vital organs.

Question 4

Explain movement

Answer 4

.The bones provide a place for muscles to attach to, so that when the muscles contact they pull the bones to cause movement. Movement occurs at the joints of the skeleton.
.Bones also act as levers. Levers allow the body to increase the force they exert or increase the speed of the movement.

Question 5

What are the two different joints? And where are they located? And what movement occurs at each joint?

Answer 5

Hinge joints located at the knee and elbow and the movement is flexion and extension.
Ball and socket joints are located at the hip and shoulder . The movement at the ball and socket joint includes abduction, addiction, flexion, extension and rotation