Ojeda, Odalis

Pd4
December 8, 2015
Mr. Williams

Why the Skeleton System is Important?

Have you ever wondered how important your bones are or why you need your
bones? Well I sometimes do, its normal. The human skeleton has 206 bones including
six in which are the tiny bones of the middle ear(three in each ear).In this essay I will be
telling you how important our skeleton system is. I will be talking about 19 of our bones
and why we need them, what they are and what would happen if we didn't have them.
Our skeleton system plays a very important part in our body. In the
website,http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skeletal-system, it states that the
skeleton is the framework of the body made up of bones and other connective tissues.
Which means that our skeleton also helps protect our internal organs and fragile body
tissues. For example, our brain, eyes, heart, lungs and spinal cord are all protected by
our skeleton. Are bones protect us from having a really bad traumatic injury.These
bones are called the skull, ribs, vertebrae, humorous, clavicle, scapula, sternum, tarsal
bones, metatarsals bone, carpals bones, metacarpals, phalanges, femur, radius, ulna,
patella, tibia, fibula, and pelvis.
The skull is a framework of bone or cartilages enclosing around the brain
whether it's an animal or a human. A vertebrae is small bones forming the backbone for
muscle attachment and hole through which the spinal cord passes. The humorous also
known as the funny bone is the upper bone in our arm that is connected from our
shoulder to our elbow. The clavicle allows our arms to move away from our body. It also
serves as an attachment for many muscles in our upper body and our scapula connects
our humorous to our collarbone. The sternum is a long flat bone at the front center of
the chest that connects with the ribs to make the ribcage. The tarsal is the human ankle
where there are 6 tarsal bones that are named Calcaneus, Talus, Navicular, the Medial,
Middle, the Lateral, and the Cuneiforms. These bones are glide against each other so
we can be able to move around from one place to another. The metatarsal is a group of
fine long bones in the foot located between the tarsal bone of the hind and the midfoot
and the phalanges of the toes which is connected to the ankle. The carpal is an eight
small bones plus two long bones in your forearm located near the base of our thumb.

These carpels are connected to one another by ligaments that form an arch concave
and is connected by a fibrous tissue band. The Metacarpals is any of the five bones
which forms the connection of the forearm, the phalanges is the bones of the hand
fingers and of the toes. The femur is a bone in the human leg extending from pelvis to
the knee which is our thighbone. The radius is one of the the two largest bones of the
forearm and the ulna is thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm on
the side opposite of the thumb. The patella also known as knee cap or kneepan is the a
thick circular triangular bone which articulates with the femur and the covers. The tibia is
a long narrow muscle in the anterior part of the lower leg just above the ankle and it's
long tenon extending across the medial side of the ankle and into the foot in the tendon
forms. The fibula is the name of the paired bones within the lower legs and it's connects
to the tibia bone, the pelvis is the lowest part of your abdomen it is also known as the
pelvic region of the area between the trunk or the main body. And last but not least
the,coccyx, which is also known as the tailbone and is the smallest triangular bone
resembling a short end tail located at the book ton of the spine.
Our brain, eyes, heart, lungs, and spinal cord are all protected by our skeleton.
Our skull protects our brain and eyes, our ribs protects our heart and lungs and our
vertebrae (spinal/backbone) protects our spinal cord. Our humorous does protect
anything but the clavicle protects important nerves and blood vessels. The scapula
protects some of the back parts of the ribs, and the sternum protects the lungs blood
vessels and the hearts along with part of the sleek and kidneys from traumatic injury.
The tarsal is connected to the lower end of tibia and fibula of the lower leg and the
metatarsal. The metatarsal doesn't protect anything but it sure has the most bones that
have to be protected. The carpal bone protects the end of the bone where joints meet,
and the metacarpals gives the thumb better freedom of movement compared with the
other fingers. You can feel the metacarpals quite well through the skin on the back of
your hand. The phalanges helps support for the soft tissues, helping the foot withstand
the weight of the body. The femur helps forms the knee joint and helps protect the deep
femoral artery as well as the femoral nerve. The radius helps to form the lower body
arm, connected with the ulna. The ulna is a hyaline cartilage that covers the compact
bone and protect it from the stresses at the joints. The patella helps protects the anterior
articular surface of the knee joint. The tibia helps hold the patella in the patellofemoral
groove in the femur, and the fibula does nothing more with their appendages than walk
on them, and last but not least the pelvis. The pelvis helps protect the delicate organs of
the abdominopelvic cavity.
Bones provide the structure for muscles to attach so that our bodies are able to
move. Tendons are tough inelastic bands that hold attach muscle to bone. The main job
of the skeleton is to provide support for our body.Our skeleton is strong but light.
Without bones we'd be a puddle of skin and guts on the floor.