Skeletal System 1
How many bones does the average adult have?
206
What can you do to keep your skeleton and muscles healthy?
Exercise, eating healthy balanced meals, etc...
These bones protect the lungs and heart.
What are the ribs?
What mineral found in food is needed for the body to help grow strong bones?
Calcium
These joints allow movement such as bending and twisting.
What are moveable joints?
These joints, such as those in the skull and upper jaw, do not move at all.
What are immovable joints?
What is the function of tendons?
They connect skeletal muscle to bone
This is the place where two or more bones meet.
What is a joint?
The soft tissue inside bones that can store fat or produce blood cells.
What is bone marrow?
What are 4 functions of the skeletal system?
1. Protect Internal Organs
2. Make blood cells
3. Facilitate movement
4. Support body
What is the longest bone in the human body?
The thigh bone called the femur
This bone protects the spinal cord.
What is the vertebral column (or vertebrae)?
Why is your skull so hard?
To protect your brain from damage!
What is bone that the is the center point of the rib cage?
Sternum
This lighter, porous bone tissue is found at the ends of long bones.
What is spongy bone?