Purpose
The main function of the skeletal system.
What is to provide the frame and support?
Percentage of bone that is made up of minerals.
What is 26%
Serves as support columns.
What are long bones?
Connects bones in the skeletal system.
What are joints?
Bone cell lays down the collagen matrix.
What are osteoblasts?
The role the system plays in movement.
What is aides?
Primary component of bones.
What is water?
Bones shaped like cubes.
What are short bones?
Binds bones to joints.
What are ligaments?
Bone cell that maintains the matrix.
What are osteocytes?
This is what bones protect.
What are organs?
What is protein?
Bones that protect vital organs.
What are flat bones?
Function of ligaments.
What is flexibility / shock absorption?
Bone cell that releases minerals from bones.
What are osteoclasts?
Stored in the skeletal system
What are minerals?
The role of vitamins in bone health.
What is bone formation?
Bones that don't have a set shape.
What are irregular bones?
Type of connective tissue that attaches muscle to bones.
What are tendons?
Primary function of osteoblasts?
What is to build bones?
Produced in bone marrow
What are blood cells
The fat content in bones.
What is 4%
Leg bones are an example of this type of bone.
What are long?
Flexible tissue that is not as hard as bones.
What is cartilage?
What is the role of osteocytes?
What is to maintain bone health?