Vocabulary
They gave me this name for the bones in your fingers. Who am I?
Phalanges
How many bones are a part of the human skeleton?
206
True or false: hinge joints allow your bones move in multiple directions.
False- one direction
How many fingerprint patterns are there?
There are 3 fingerprint patterns
True or false: Your skeleton grows with you and changes with you.
________ is a person who studies fossils.
paleontologists
You have 12 of these protecting your organs.
Ribs
Why is cartilage slippery?
Because it allows the bones to move against one another with less rubbing.
True or false: Your fingerprints stay the same size as your body grows.
False they grow as your grow.
True or false: Teeth are considered bones.
False
My job is to hold the bones together at the joints. I am ________
ligaments
Bones are mostly made of these 2 things ________ and _________.
calcium and protein
there are ______ joints in the human body
200
Name the 3 fingerprint patterns.
arches, loops and whorls
The skull is made up of ____different bones and protects the____.
26; brain
What is an opposable thumb?
the thumb that can touch all the other fingers on your hand and help with holding different things.
Why do owl pellets contain mostly animal bones?
Because owls don't tear or chew their food so pieces of a skeleton will be found in pellets owls make.
I help you shoulder and hip bones bend in nearly every direction.
What am I?
Ball and Socket joints
What is the most common fingerprint pattern?
loops are the most common
Why is bone marrow important?
Bone marrow is responsible for making blood cells.
the ______ , ________, and ______ are your leg bones.
femur, tibia and fibula
Describe the process of how fossils are created.
1. something is buried in mud.
2. skin later washed away and bone replaced by minerals.
3. Mud turns into sedimentary rock
4. the bones become petrified and turn into stone (fossil)
How many muscles does your body have?
700 muscles
If you were a criminal, why is it important not to leave fingerprints?
the FBI uses those prints to find you in their system and arrest you.
There are creatures who have their protection of their organs outside their body, this is called an __________.
exoskeleton