The Skeletal System The skeleton is very important and has several jobs, some of which are to support us ,and to protect organs. Without bones I couldn't type because my fingers would be a shapeless soft mass. As a baby you have over 300 bones made of mostly cartilage. Cartilage is a soft "mushy" substance that acts as a pad. As you reach adulthood the cartilage turns to bone, and some of your baby bones join …showed first 75 words of 1848 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1848 total…the phalanges (40- there are phalanges on both feet and hands), the vertebral column (made up of many vertebrae), the pelvis, the sacrum, the femurs (2), the patella’s (2), the fibulas (2), the tibias (2), the tarsal (many), and the metatarsals (10). The skeletal system is a very vital part of one’s body. If the skeletal didn’t exist, then everyone would be a big blob of skin. Only 206 bones are present in the human body, preserve them!