What is skeleton?

A skeleton is like the invisible frame inside your body that helps you stand up and move around.

Imagine you're building a toy house out of blocks, the blocks are like your muscles and skin, but what holds everything in place is the frame, or the sticks you put together first. That’s kind of what a skeleton does inside your body. It's made of hard, bony pieces called bones, connected by joints so you can bend and twist.

Your skeleton is like the map of your body, it tells where everything goes. When you run or jump, your bones help you move, just like how a ladder helps you climb up to a treehouse.

Sometimes, when people get hurt or grow older, their bones might need extra help, kind of like how a wobbly table needs legs to stay steady. Doctors can look at the skeleton using special pictures called X-rays, it’s like seeing the frame of your body inside!