- Joints are a turning point in our body, where movements occurs
- Fixed joints - don't allow movement
- Protect soft organs
- Shape our body
- Allows our muscles to move our body
- Hinge joints - fingers, knees, elbows
- Ball and socket joint - one bone ends in a ball, one ends in a socket, and they fit into eachother - hips, shoulders
- Skull is like a helmet, it protects your brain
- Babies have 270 bones, adults have 206
- Baby bones fuse together to make adult bones
- Bones DON'T bend
- Skull joints are fixed
- Ligaments are bands that hold your bones together
- Pivot joints allows bones to rotate - ankles, wrists, neck