Bone Basics
This system gives your body shape and support.
What is the skeletal System?
Muscles work by doing this action to move bones.What is pulling (contracting)?
What is pulling (contracting)?
This connects bone to bone.
👉 What is a ligament?
Breathing while you sleep is this type of muscle action.
👉 What is involuntary?
This bone protects your heart and lungs.
👉 What is the rib cage?
An adult has about this many bones.
What is 206?
These muscles are attached to bones and help you move.
What are skeletal muscles?
This is where two bones meet.
👉 What is a joint?
Waving your hand is this type of muscle action.
👉 What is voluntary?
Wearing this helps protect your skull during sports.
👉 What is a helmet?
This hard material protects your brain.
What is the Skull?
This type of muscle works automatically and pumps blood.
👉 What is cardiac muscle?
or What is involuntary Muscle?
This flexible tissue cushions the ends of bones in joints.
👉 What is cartilage?
Food moving through your stomach is controlled by this type of muscle.
👉 What is smooth (involuntary) muscle?
This vitamin helps your body absorb calcium.
👉 What is Vitamin D?
These are the two main minerals that make bones strong.
What are calcium and phosphorus?
Muscles can only do this — they cannot push.
👉 What is pull?
This type of joint allows your head to turn side to side.
👉 What is a pivot joint?
This muscle type makes up your biceps and quadriceps.
👉 What is skeletal muscle?
This happens when a ligament is stretched or torn.
👉 What is a sprain?
This is the soft center inside some bones that makes blood cells.
What is bone marrow?
This connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
This joint in your shoulder allows movement in many directions.
👉 What is a ball-and-socket joint?
This system works closely with muscles to help your body move.
👉 What is the skeletal system?
This happens when a bone cracks or breaks.
👉 What is a fracture?