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Your skull is comprised of 29 bones. They don't lock into place until you are older. Why?
a. Your bones are still growing.
b. Your brain is still growing.
c. Your eyes are still growing.
b. Your brain is still growing.
200
What does the rib cage protect? Hint: It's part of your circulatory system.
The rib cage protects the heart and lungs.
200
What is another name for the sternum?
a. the chest bone
b. the breastbone
c. the heart bone
Another name for the sternum is the breastbone.
b. the breastbone
200
How many ribs do humans have?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 30
Humans have b. 24 ribs.
200
Why are there spaces in between each of your ribs?
a. It helps you breathe.
b. It helps you circulate blood.
c. It helps you digest.
a. It helps you breathe.
300
Name the bones stacked on each other to form the backbone. It starts with the letter "v."
The name of the bones stacked on each other to form the backbone is vertebrae.
300
What is in between each vertebra and acts as a cushion? Hint: Your ear is made up of this material.
Cartilage is in between each vertebra.
300
What does the spinal column or backbone protect?
The backbone protects the spinal cord.
300
Why is the spine shaped like the letter "s?"
a. It helps with circulation.
b. It helps with sending nervous system messages.
c. It helps with flexibility.
C. It helps with flexibility.
300
What organ does your skull protect? Hint: It's part of the nervous system.
The skull protects the brain.
400
What happened to the 100 extra bones we had?
a. They dissolved.
b. They fused (joined) together with other bones.
b. They fused together with other bones.
400
What hard mineral is stored inside of your bones?
a. magnesium
b. talc
c. calcium
c. calcium
Calcium is stored inside the bones.
400
Besides strong bones, how else does calcium help your body?
a. sharp vision
b. help blood clot
c. help blood circulate
Calcium helps your blood clot.
400
What is the function of bone marrow, the jelly-like tissue, that is the middle of your bones?
a. body's nerve cell factory
b. body's muscle cell factory
c. body's blood cell factory
Bone marrow is the body's blood cell factory.
c. body's blood cell factory
400
The axial bones. . .
a. support the center of your body and protect the most important organs.
b. support the limbs of your body and protect the most important organs.
The axial bones support the center of your body and protect the most important organs.
a. support the center of your body and protect the most important organs.
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Riddle: We are a column of bones, stacked on top of one another. Collectively, we make up your backbone. We begin with the letter ‘v.’ What are we?
a. vitamins
b. ventricles
c. vertebrae
It is c. vertebrae.
500
Before we were born, our skeleton started out as. . .
a. cartridge
b. cartilage
c. gristle
Before we were born, our skeleton started out as cartilage.
b. cartilage
500
At the time you were born, you had about 300 bones. Adults have about. . .
a. 206 bones
b. 306 bones
c. 106 bones
Adults have about 206 bones.
500
What foods should you eat to get calcium?
a. dark leafy greens and dairy
b. dark leafy greens and eggs
c. dairy and fruits
You should eat dark leafy greens and dairy.
a. dark leafy greens and dairy
500
What are the three groups of bones that form your axial skeleton?
a. spine, skull, legs
b. spine, skull, ribs
c. arms, legs, spine
The three groups of bones that form your axial skeleton are the spine, skull, and ribs.
b. spine, skull, ribs
