SKELETAL SYSTEM

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SKELETAL SYSTEM

• Compare Contrast human and animal skeletons.
• Identify which area of the body certain bones
  belong to.
• Learn fun skeleton facts!

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Human Skeleton

• We need our bones so we can walk, jump, and
  dance.
• We need our bones to protect the soft parts
  inside of us.
• Without bones youd be floppy like a beanbag.
  Without bones youd be just a puddle of skin and
  guts on the floor.
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Where in the Skeleton?

• Upper Body

• skull, jaw, shoulder, arm, hand, fingers

• Middle Body

• backbone, ribcage,

• Lower Body

• hip, legs, feet

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Whale Skeleton

• How is the whale skeleton the same as the human
  skeleton?

• They both have a skull and a backbone.

• How is the whale skeleton different?

• Whales dont have a lower skeleton. (no pelvis or
  leg bones)

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Baboon Skeleton

• How is the baboon skull the same as the human
  skull?

• The skull is rounded to protect the brain and
  has similar eye sockets.

• How is the baboon skull different from the human
  skull?

• Part of the baboons skull extends to cover his
  nose where a human nose contains no bones.

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Skeleton Fun Fact

• How many bones are in the giraffes neck versus a
  humans neck?

• Believe it or not a giraffe and a human both
  have the same number of bones, the giraffes
  vertebrae are just much longer.