Skeletal System

What is the purpose?

What is the purpose?

0Support0 Our bodies need a frame for support0 the skeleton is the group of bones that form the frame

for our bodies0 There are 206 bones in an adult’s body0 There are about 300 bones in an infant’s body

0Why the difference?

What is the purpose?

0Support0 Our bodies need a frame for support0 the skeleton is the group of bones that form the frame

for our bodies0 There are 206 bones in an adult’s body0 There are about 300 bones in an infant’s body

0Why the difference?0As we grow, some bones grow together and harden to

become one

What are bones?

0Bones are hard living tissues0Tissues are made of a

group of cells working together

0All the bones in the body form the skeleton

0The bones we are going to focus on are the ones labeled here

Different Sizes & Shapes

0Longest bone0 Femur bone0 Found in upper leg0 Makes up almost ¼ of

our height0Smallest bone

0 Stirrup0 Found in ear

027 bones in each hand0 Allows us to do?

What is the purpose?

0Protection0 Provides our body with its shape0 Protects the vital organs

0Name some vital organs0 What bones help protect those organs?

0http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/_bfs_SSmoviesource.html

Biblical Aspect

0Our bones are the support and foundation for our physical body, but what is the foundation for our lives?

0God is there to support and help us0He has promised to take care and watch over us if we

trust in Him

Biblical Aspect

0Psalm 20:70 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust

in the name of the Lord our God.0Psalm 56:11

0 In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

0Psalm 62:80 In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to

me?

Biblical Aspect

0Psalm 91:20 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my

God, in whom I trust.”0 Isaiah 26:4

0 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.