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One main disease that can affect the skeletal system is osteoporosis​

Osteoporosis is a condition in which the body's bones mass is decreased and break easily ​

Osteoporosis occurs when there is an imbalance between new bone formation and old bone resorption

Osteoporosis is more common in a woman then in men​

Regular exercise throughout life can help prevent osteoporosis

another disease that affects the skeletal system is leukemia

leukemia is a cancer that primarily affects the blood, the skeletal system and starts in the bone marrow

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Provides shape and support to the other systems​

Enables movement​

Protects internal organs​

Produces blood cells​

Stores materials

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a vertebrae is the bones in your body that make up the backbone of animals​

there 26 bones in the vertebrae​

You would not be able to move without your spine/backbone

It’s the center of the skeleton

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To keep your bones healthy​

Take healthy amounts of calcium​

Exercise regularly​

Avoid excess amounts of salt and coffee​

Avoid smoking

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Bones are a living part of your body

A thin long membrane covers the bone which blood vessels and nerves enter and leave through

Beneath the membrane is a layer of compact bone​

Inside the compact bone is spongy bone which has small spaces

The spongy bone  is strong but light weight

Songy bones is at the ends of the bone​

In the middle of the bone is bone marrow which is responsible for producing blood cells​

Bones forms new tissue even after you have stopped growing for example you go running you break some tissue so more is needed​

A joint is where two bones connect

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As an adult you have 206 bones in your body​

As a infant much of your skeleton is cartilage ​

Cartilage is a connective tissue that is more flexible than bones ​

When you grow cartilage turns into bone mostly, that’s why babies are so genital

A babies soft spot in their skull is caused by skull bones not fully fused together

As an infant you have more bones but as you grow bones fuse together giving you less bones as an adult

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Ball and socket joint, greatest range of movement in shoulder​

Pivot joint, rotation in neck​

Hinge joint, up and down movement in knee​

Gliding joint, allows for gliding movements