A pamphlet on your skeletal system would be able to help medical students understand what the skeletal system is and what the term refers to. A pamphlet of this kind would dispel many of the misconceptions. Contrary to most people's definitions, the skeletal system is not just your bones. In fact, the skeletal system is all of the tendons, ligaments and the cartilage that connect the bones together as well as the bones themselves that comprise our skeleton.