What are the three main functions of the human skeleton
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Explanation:
Support, Shape, and Protection. The skeleton supports the body and gives it shape. Without the rigid bones of the skeletal system, the human body would be just a bag of soft tissues, as described above. The bones of the skeleton are very hard and provide protection to the delicate tissues of internal organs.
✨The three main functions of the human skeleton are as follows ✨
1. Support and shape
The skeleton provides a support or framework to all the soft parts and gives the body and its parts a definite shape.
for e.g., Just hold your ear, try to fold it and then leave it free. It resumes its shape. Now feel its interior, it is tough but flexible. This is due to cartilage skeleton inside it, which is giving support as well as to he shape.
2. Protection
Several delicate and important organs are well protected by a casing of bones.
for e.g., the skull protects the brain, the vertebral column (backbone) protects the spinal cord, the ribs protects the heart and lungs, and so on.
3. Movement
Many bones are joined to each other in a manner that one bone can be moved on another. These movements are brought about by muscles which originate on one bone are inserted on another.