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Objectives

Lesson 1: Skin, Bones & Muscles

We will go over integumentary, The bones work in concert with the

skeletal, and muscular systems by muscles to give us the ability to
beginning with a general overview move. Certain parts of certain
of the body. types of bones make blood cells.
Bones store calcium and
The first section describes how the phosphorus (mostly calcium).
organization of the body helps
maintain the normal state called It’s always good to have a strong
homeostasis. The body is made up finish—so we end with muscles!
of millions of cells, which are How do they do what they do?
organized into tissues. Two or What are they made of? What
more tissues helping perform the would an absurdly muscular man
same function is called an organ. look like? All of these questions
and more are answered in this
The second section deals with our section.
largest organ (our skin) as well as
our hair and nails. These three By the end you will have a whole

together are called the new vocabulary and a whole new—
integumentary system. We’ll soon and detailed—way to look at the
discover the main functions of our human body.
skin, hair, and nails, as well as
what they are made out of.

Bones are made up of several
parts; bone marrow (red and
yellow), spongy bone, compact
bone, and the periosteum.

Bones give the body its structure—
its shape. It holds up the tissue
against the pressure of gravity.
Bones also protect certain tissues.

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