Skeletal--->Immune The skeletal system is connected to the immune system in many ways. For example, the bone marrow produces white blood cells. The red marrow produces red and white blood cells and platelets. Yellow marrow also produces some white blood cells. White blood cells are necessary for the immune to system to operate because they engulf and destroy "enemies" (pathogens) with powerful poisons. T cells are types of white bloods that analyze invaders and send messages to B cells. The B cells are a type of white blood cell that receive messages for T cells and create antibodies to get rid of the pathogens. Phagocytes are another type of white blood cell. They engulf and destroy pathogens by breaking them down. Lymphocytes are yet ANOTHER kind of white blood cell involved with the immune system, that distinguish between different kinds of pathogens.
In addition, the immune system has a lot of functions and HUGE job to do. The bone marrow in bones is helpful to this. What does bone marrow do again? It makes white blood cells, which are a KEY part of your body's blood. And what does they blood do? It carries things like glucose and oxygen to cells. Where am I going with this? Well, wouldn't you think that these immune cells would need a lot of these molecules? Your body is constantly trying it's best to protect you from anything harmful that comes from outside of your body, and with all the cuts and scrapes we get and things we inhale in our world, wouldn't it be nice to know that you're being taken care of? You need energy for your immune cells to do this and many other jobs. Your cells can make their own energy (in a process called cell respiration), but they need glucose and oxygen to do so. The equation for for this process is shown here:
glucose + oxygen --> energy + water + carbon dioxide
Since immune cells are doing so much, they must need a lot of energy, and to make a lot of energy they'd need a lot of glucose and oxygen to do that. SO, the cells would have to have a lot of capillaries going by them with blood in them and white blood cells in the blood. And what make those cells? Bone marrow.
The skeletal system is connected to the immune system in many ways. For example, the bone marrow produces white blood cells. The red marrow produces red and white blood cells and platelets. Yellow marrow also produces some white blood cells. White blood cells are necessary for the immune to system to operate because they engulf and destroy "enemies" (pathogens) with powerful poisons. T cells are types of white bloods that analyze invaders and send messages to B cells. The B cells are a type of white blood cell that receive messages for T cells and create antibodies to get rid of the pathogens. Phagocytes are another type of white blood cell. They engulf and destroy pathogens by breaking them down. Lymphocytes are yet ANOTHER kind of white blood cell involved with the immune system, that distinguish between different kinds of pathogens.
In addition, the immune system has a lot of functions and HUGE job to do. The bone marrow in bones is helpful to this. What does bone marrow do again? It makes white blood cells, which are a KEY part of your body's blood. And what does they blood do? It carries things like glucose and oxygen to cells. Where am I going with this? Well, wouldn't you think that these immune cells would need a lot of these molecules? Your body is constantly trying it's best to protect you from anything harmful that comes from outside of your body, and with all the cuts and scrapes we get and things we inhale in our world, wouldn't it be nice to know that you're being taken care of? You need energy for your immune cells to do this and many other jobs. Your cells can make their own energy (in a process called cell respiration), but they need glucose and oxygen to do so. The equation for for this process is shown here:
glucose + oxygen --> energy + water + carbon dioxide
Since immune cells are doing so much, they must need a lot of energy, and to make a lot of energy they'd need a lot of glucose and oxygen to do that. SO, the cells would have to have a lot of capillaries going by them with blood in them and white blood cells in the blood. And what make those cells? Bone marrow.