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Answer
The skeleton gives shape and support to the body and provides a framework of levers against which the muscles pull to produce movement. It also protects delicate organs, as the skull protects the brain and the rib cage protects the heart and lungs.
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The red bone marrow of certain bones also produces blood cells.
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