Functions/Importance of the skeletal system
- it gives support, shapes and rigidity to the body
- Skeleton protect delicate organs of the body e.g the cranium protects the brain while the sternum
- Protect the heart and the hung
- Skeleton makes the body to move
- The ribs and the sternum take part in respiration
- The long bone marrow manufacture the raw blood cell
- The skeleton provide space for attachment of muscle
- The skeleton stores some mineral salt e.g calcium and phosphorus
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