Zusammenfassung der Ressource
GCSE PE - 8
- Function of the Skeleton
- Protection
- The Ribs protect the Heart
and Lungs and the
Cranium protects the Brain.
- Shape
- It gives framework.
- Eg. Basketball player -
long, thin skeleton.
- Eg. Jockey - small,
thin skeleton.
- Support
- Firm, rigid
and keeps
us upright.
- Movement
- Skeleton has 'anchor
point' to which muscles
attach and act as levers.
- Long
bones help
creates the
leverage to
apply the
force.
- Blood
Production
- Red and white
blood cells are
produced in the
long bones.
- Bones
- Long Bones
- Humorous and Femur.
- Shot Bones
- Carpals and Tarsals.
- Flat Bones
- Cranium, Scapula
and Sternum.
- Irregular Bones
- Patella and Vertebrae
(odd shaped bones)
- Sections of
the Vertebrae
- 1. Cervical
- 7 vertebrae forms the neck and allows movement at the top of the spine.
- 2. Thoracic
- 12 vertebrae. 10 are attached to ribs and help movement whilst breathing.
- 3. Lumbar
- 5 large and robust
vertebrae. This area
allows most movement.
- 4. Sacrum
- 5 vertebrae which become
fused together in adulthood.
- They form part of
the pelvic girdle.
- 5. Coccyx
- 4 vertebrae here,
all fused together.
- Development of Bones
- Bones start off as cartilage
and then become bone by
the process of Ossification.
- Ossification is the development of
bone from cartilage. It occurs
throughout childhood until adulthood.
- Bones have a tough outer
layer called the 'Periosteum'.
- As development continues
there are 3 centres of
ossification:- in the 'Diaphysis'
(middle) and 'Epiphyses' (end).
- Diaphysis is the middle
of the bone (shaft).
- Epiphyses is at the end of the bone (end section).
- Epihysis is on the top of
the bone (growth plate).