Connections
What organ does the skull protect from the nervous system?
brain
What bones make up our fingers and toes?
Phalanges
One function of bones is to _______ organs?
protect
What bones protect our heart, lungs and stomach?
ribs
What is our back bone that starts from neck and goes all the way down called?
spine
What is one organ from the circulatory system and one organ from the respiratory system that the ribs protect?
heart and lungs
What bone makes up the bottom part of our mouth? Jaw and chin
mandible
A function of the skeletal system is to connect to the muscular system so we can _____?
move
where 2 bones connect is called a _______?
Joint
What is our top long arm bone called?
humerus
What system is the most closely connected to the skeletal system?
What is your knee bone?
patella
Another function of bones to make ______?
blood
what is the name of the soft bone found in our nose and ears?
cartilage
What is our longest and strongest leg bone called?
femur
Blood for the circulatory system is made in what part of the bones?
marrow (red)
What is the outer lower arm bone connect to your little finger and elbow?
ulna
If we didn't have a skeletal system we would have no _______ and just be like slime.
shape or structure
What are the 2 types of joints?
ball and socket and hinge
What is the front bone that connects from your neck to your shoulder?
clavicle
What mineral does the digestive system help filter out to help bones be strong?
Calcium
What is the lower thinner side leg bone?
fibula
Red bone marrow help make blood, what happens in the yellow bone marrow?
Stores fat
What stretchy tissue holds bones and joints together?
ligaments
What is the inner thicker arm bone connected to our thumb?
radius