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Skeleton
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Your skeleton is the framework of your body, just like planks of wood are the framework of a house. Over 200 bones make up your skeleton, and these bones give your body its shape and hold everything together.

A body without bones would be like a big bowl of jelly! Your muscles attach to your bones, and act like rubber bands! They pull your bones in different directions so your whole body can move.