Functions Of The Skeletal System

Muscles, tendons, ligaments, bursae, cartilage, bones, and ligaments all make up our musculoskeletal system. This skeletal system works to stabilize and connect the bones together not only does it connect them all together but bones work together to hold up the body’s weight as well as making it possible to make specific movements in our daily lives. Without any of these muscles, tendons, and bones working together we wouldn’t be able to sit, stand, run, or walk. Our body’s are very complex organisms that are intricate in their design. Our body has 206 bones that perform various functions, of those functions there are five main ones. One of the main functions of the bones is providing leverage and movement (Gennari). This works mainly because the bones work as devices that are able to measure how much strength is applied as well as regulates the major forces that are created by the muscles and tendons. The second major function of bones in our body is providing support, this is probably one of if not the most important function of bones. The skeletal system works to provide support for the whole body. Bones are the blocks that hold us up, groups of bones and individual bones create a framework for the attachment of organs and tissue. Without the bones offering

Our bones work as a fortress to all the important organs that we have in our bodies. For example, the rib cage works to protect the heart and the lungs from external damage. Without the skull or rib cage to protect vital organs such as the brain, the heart and the lungs we would be very fragile creatures that wouldn’t be able to defend ourselves from the slightest of attack on our bodies. Bones are the last line of defense from the outside elements. For example, the vertebrae guard the spinal cord and the pelvis protects the delicate reproductive organs that are very prone to injury if that specific bone wasn’t