Our body: BONES AND MUSCLES
2.2. Parts of skeleton
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The skeleton is made up of bones and cartilage.
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Bones are hard and rigid. They are different in shape and size. For instance, the bones in our fingers are small and short. The bones in our legs are big and long.
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Cartilage is soft and flexible. We have cartilage at the end of some of our bones, for instance, our nose.
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Andrés Egea - Yolanda Marcos 2008