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Skeletal System
Functions:
Provides Shape and support
Enables you to move
Protects your organs
Produces Blood Cells
Stores materials
Types of Bones
Compact bone - hard and dense but not solid
Spongy bone - lighweight bone located at the ends of long bones
Red marrow - produces most of your blood cells
Yellow marrow - stores fat
Joints of the Skeleton:
Allow bones to move in different ways
Immovable Joints - connect to bones and all little movement
Movable Joints - Held together by ligaments that are made of strong connective tissue
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