Did you know…..
• …a baby has 231 bones in his skeleton?
• …that every grownperson has a skeleton made up of 206
individual bones?
• …these bones give your body shape and support?
• …they also help you move in many ways?
• …they protect your internal organs?
• …they even make red and white blood cells?
What would you look like without your skeleton?
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Limbs; used
for
locomotion
Building blocks
Skull; to
protect your
brains
Ribcage; to
protect your
lungs and
heart
Backbone / spine;
to protect your
spinal cord. Build
of;
• Vertebrae
• Intervertebral
discs
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Why and who are called vertebrates?