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Your” and Bones Vocabulary e muscle, 817 ‘skeleton, B12 joint, 613 You witttearn... Your muscles help you e about the way your move. Your bones muscles work, | support your weight and # what your bones do, | build. It takes healthy ways to care for muscles and bones. muscles and bones to : allow your body to walk, run, and do cartwheels. | How Your _ Muscles Work Your muscular (MUHS¢kyuhsluhr) system is a body system made up of muscles. A muscle (MUHesuhl) is a type of tissue made of strong fibers. Muscles let your body move. Some muscles are attached to bones. _ They work in pairs to help you move. Your arm muscles help you perform many asks. They help you lift objects and carry things. Your arm muscles help you pull open a door. They help you push your chair toward the table. Your arm muscles help you throw and catch a ball. Your thigh muscles are in your upper legs. Your thigh muscles move your leg forward and backward. This movement takes place at the hip and knee. These muscles help you walk and run. Your calf muscles are in the back of your lower leg. Your calf muscles bend your leg at the ankle. You need strong calf muscles to lay many sports. You use calf muscles when ou run, walk, ski, skate, and bike. A Allthe muscles in your body make up Name three actions that your leg your muscular system. muscles perform. What do muscles do? B11 How Your Bones Work Your bones form your skeletal system. The = skeleton’ (SKE eluhetuhn) is the framework ofj your bones. The skeleton supports the body. It also protects the soft tissues inside the body. Your skeleton gives your body its shape. With] your muscles, your skeleton helps you move. | Parts of the Skeleton a There are more than 200 bones in the | human body. These bones form your skeleton. ] © Your skull is made of the bones in you Ir head and face. There are eight different bones in your skull. Your skull covers 4 and protects your brain. vertebrae femurs knee joint “4 All the bones in your body make up your skeletal system. What are the jobs of the skeletal system? Your ribs are the bones that cover and protect your heart and lungs. Ribs also help ‘support your shoulders and arms. You have _ twelve pairs of ribs. Your vertebrae (VURetuhebree) are the twenty-six bones that make up your spine, or backbone. Your spine supports your jody and head. Your vertebrae let you ‘bend in many directions. X-ray technicians take special pictures, called radiographs, of different parts of the body. These pictures allow doctors to see inside a person's body. The A joint is the place a ; X-ray technician in here two or more the picture is taking anes meet. Your joints i * an X-ray of the boy’s stomach. Most X-ray technicians work in hospitals. Some work » In doctors’ offices. oe LOG www.mmbbealth.com joint at your elbow Find out more about ips you bend your E other careers in health. . Different joints ‘Onscnilan/ cca Skeletal System Skull Clavicle {collarbone} Rib cage Spine Pelvis Phalanges—| Femur Phalanges eo Muscular System Flexors ©MscitanMeceow w ~@

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