True or False
The skeleton supports and protects your very important internal organs.
True!!! :)
What animal would your body be like if you didn't have a skeleton?
Jellyfish.
Your ribs are like a cage of bones that wrap around your ________________?
Chest
How many bones are in the human adult body?
206
What works with bones to move the body?
Muscles
Bones are not a living thing.
False.
Bones grow and repair themselves. They are alive as long as you are alive.
What is the tough flexible material that covers the ends where the bones meet?
cartilage
What does your skull protect?
Your brain.
True or False?
Yellow bone marrow is where our body produces blood cells.
False.
What holiday does Carly celebrate in December?
Hanukkah
Your spine protects your brain.
False.
It protects your spine.
What is one of the 4 main types of movable joints?
Ball and Socket
Hinge
Pivot
Gliding
What is one way of taking care of your bones?
Drinking milk, dairy, exercise.
The places where all these bones come together and connect are called ____________?
Joints
What attaches our bones to our muscles so we can move around?
Tendons
Miller's and Tracy's middle names are the same.
False.
Annette and Ann
What is an example of a hinge joint?
Elbow
Name one of the 4 main types of bones.
long bone
short bone
flat bone
irregular bone
How many bones are babies born with?
300
What connects the ends of bones together?
Ligaments
True.
Red marrow and Yellow marrow.
What month was Miller born?
December
What bone is the only bone in your head that moves?
Jaw bone
What is produced in the yellow marrow?
Mostly fat cells.
What does the skeletal system include?
Hint: There are 4 things.....
bones, tendons, ligaments and cartilage