What does our support system consist out of?

Our support system consist of our skeletal system. This serves as our bodies framework. It consists of mainly the bones and the cartilages. We will also find connective tissue that holds all the bones and cartilages together. The connective tissue in return consist of ligaments and tendons.

Imagine how you would have looked without your skeletal system...

Something like this maybe.

What does the support system protect?

We have over 200 bones that give our body it's shaped, form it also protects all our other systems. It also helps us with blood cell production.

The nervous system is a delicate system, which is mostly enclosed by bones, our skeleton. Eg. The skull protects the brain and the backbone protects the bone marrow.
The heart, which is part of the cardiovascular system is protected by the ribs. The ribs also protect the lungs which are part of the respiratory system.
The reproductive system is protected by the hip bones.

Take note that our skeleton is called an endoskeleton because it is inside our body.

Question possibilities for teachers

After reading the above information answer the following questions:

What is a skeleton called that is inside a body?
What is the purpose of our skeletal system?
What two things does our skeletal system mainly consist of?
What holds all the bones and cartilages together?
What does the connective tissue consist of?
What protects the brain?
What protects the livers and kidneys?
What protects the reproductive systems?

Song by Bubble Guppies

For the little ones, here is a song that the Bubble Guppies sang in one of there episodes about the skeletal system.

Video by The Bubble Guppies Children's program