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Unit-I : Our Body, Food & Safety

1 Knowing Our Body

Inside l Our body
Inside
the l Postures of Bones, Muscles,
the
Chapter
Chapter
Sitting, Standing and Walking

OUR BODY

Our body is a wonderful machine. Each

part of our body does some work.

Have you ever felt the different parts of

your body with your fingers?

Some parts of your body are soft while A child A child
touching touching
others are hard. his arm. his head.

The soft parts are the muscles .

The hard parts are the bones .

The bones give shape and support to our body.

These bones and muscles are covered with skin.

Bones

There are 206 bones in the body of an adult.

Bones are hard and strong.

Bones give support and shape to our body.

All the bones of the body make a framework
called skeleton .

The point where two bones meet is called a joint,

e.g.:elbow joint, knee joint etc.

The skeleton protects our body parts, like lungs,

Skeleton brain, liver, heart etc.

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