Farm Animal Bones and Muscles
8th Grade · 30 min
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Learning Objective
I can identify the major bones and muscles in common farm animals.
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The skeletal system includes bones and connective tissues such as ligaments, which connect bone to bone, and tendons, which connect muscle to bone.
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The human skeleton is divided into the axial skeleton, which includes the skull and vertebral column, and the appendicular skeleton, which includes the bones of the arms and legs.
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Osteoblasts are cells that make bone, while osteoclasts are cells that break down bone during a process called bone remodeling.


