Our Skeleton
One of the main functions of our skeleton. (100 points for each one.)
What is support, protection, storing minerals, or making blood?
What is the skull or cranium?
The mineral that is stored in the bones and gives the bones strength.
What is calcium?
True or False: Babies have more bones than adults.
What is true?
Where two or more bones meet, usually allowing movement.
What is the hands or feet?
A good source of calcium.
What is milk, yogurt, cheese, leafy green vegetables, nuts, seeds, etc.?
The knee and elbow are examples of this kind of joint. (Hinge or ball-and-socket)
What is a hinge joint?
These are needed to move the bones in our body.
What are muscles?
There are two long bones in our lower arm. One is the radius. This is the other.
What is the ulna?
The vitamin needed to help the body absorb calcium. We can get this vitamin from sunlight.
What is vitamin D?
Instead of bones, some creatures like insects, spiders, and crabs have this to give their bodies structure and support.
What is an exoskeleton?
These attach muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
This is the longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
The strong, flexible, smooth tissue found at the ends of bones to help cushion the joints and allow for easy movement.
What is cartilage?
Astronauts can lose up to this percentage of their bone density each month they are in space.
What is 1-2%?
These attach one bone to another.
What are ligaments?
The patella is also known as this.
A serious bone break that results in the bone breaking the skin and increasing the chance of an infection.
What is a compound fracture?
Chicken wings come in drums and flats. The drum only has one bone in the middle. This is the name of the bone. (Hint: we also have this bone in our upper arm.)
What is the humerus?