Skeletal System

  Skeletal System

           By: Mohammad Alsammak, Mohammed Alrajhi, Faisal Tama, Youssef Houbban

Skeletal System Function

The Skeletal system is the body system composed of bones and cartilage. The skeletal system performs critical functions for the human body. It facilitates movement and protects internal organs. The bone marrow inside the bones making up the skeletal systems produce red blood cells.

   Skeletal System Organs

1. Skeletal bone: Gives the body its shape, support, and protects internal organs.
2. Ligaments: Connect bones to other bones resulting in joints.
3. Cartilage:  It is flexible connective tissues that connects bone together.
4. Tendons: Connect bones to muscle to facilitate movement.
5. Joints and other connective tissues: Hold the bones together and allow for a 
6. variety of movement.
7. Bone Marrow: Spongy tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells.
8. Disks: Present in between each vertebrae in the backbone of the human skeleton and allows for cushioning the bone to bone joint.

                   Interaction with Other Systems

1. The skeletal system interacts with the muscular system.The muscles in the body contract and make the bones move.
2. The skeletal system interacts with the circulatory system. 
3. The bones produce blood cells that are carried through the circulatory system to other organs.
4. The skeletal system interacts with the nervous system because it controls the calcium concentration in the body which affects the function of the nervous system.
5. The skeletal system interacts with all other systems in the body because it provides physical protection to the organs of these systems. Example, it interacts with the respiratory system by providing physical protection to the lung tissue.
6. The skeletal system interacts with the immune system because the bone marrow produces the white blood cells that fight infections and foreign bodies entering the human body.

 Analogy

The skeletal system gives form, structure, and supports the body. Likewise,

the steel frame of a building gives it its form, structure, and support. 

The steel beams resemble each bone compromising the skeleton.

The ligaments that hold bone to bone resemble the nails and bolts that hold the
beams together. The tendons that hold bone to muscle are like the nails

that hold the wood around the steel beams to the beams.

                                     Resources

Andrew, Warren ''Human Skeleton.'' Encyclopedia Britannica.
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. Feb 4, 2020.
https://www.britannica.com/science/human-skeleton
         Mar, 4 2020