Vocabulary
Bones
Functions
Joints
Mystery
100
What attaches muscle to bone?
Tendons
100
What are the bones in your fingers?
Phalanges.
100
Why do we have bones?
Because we need bones to move around and maintain our shape.
100
Why do we have joints?
So that we can move our bodies.
100
Why do we have a tailbone?
Because as we evolved our tail shrunk and became a vestigial structure.
200
What makes up our skeletal system when we're first born?
Cartilage
200
What bones allow you to stand upright?
The backbone and the pelvis.
200
What is the function of joints?
To allow movement within the skeleton.
200
What type of joint is your knee?
A hinge joint.
200
Where is synovial fluid located.
In synovial joints
300
Is Osteocyte a bone disease?
No, it is the cell most commonly found in mature bones.
300
True or false, you have three main bones in your arm.
True. The radius, ulna, and humerus.
300
What is yellow bone marrow?
Stored fat in the bones for energy reserve.
300
What type of joint is the type in the skull?
Fixed joints.
300
What is the purpose of synovial fluid?
It reduces friction between bones.
400
What is a common mineral found in bones?
Calcium
400
What is the bone that allows you to chew?
The mandible
400
True or false: Bones are lifeless.
False
400
Do shoulders have hinge joints? If not, what joints do they have?
No; ball and socket joints.
400
What type of structure is the tailbone?
A vestigial structure
500
What is periosteum?
The material that covers most bones.
500
Complete the phrase: "The foot has tarsals, metatarsals, and ________."
Phalanges
500
What's the function of red bone marrow?
It produces new blood cells when old ones die.
500
What makes up joints?
Mainly cartilage
500
What does Osteoporosis do to the bones and what are the effects?
It weakens the bones and makes them brittle, causing them to fracture easily and a person to shrink.
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