Skeletal System Jeopardy

True or False

100

True of False: Adults have 260 bones

False! Adults have 206 bones

200

True or False: Intervertebral disks act as shock absorbers

True!

300

True or False: the skull has 12 bones that form facial features

False the skull had 14 bones

400

True or False: Each arm has 30 bones, out of the 30 there is only 1 radius bone

True! The human arm has 1 humorous bones, 1 radius bone, 1 ulna bone, 8 carpal bones, 5 metacarpal bones, and 14 phalanges

500

True or False: The axial skeleton consists the shoulder gridle, arm bones, pelvic gridle, and leg bones

False; the axial skeleton consists of the skull, spinal column, ribs, and sternum

Definitions

100

Where two or more bones join 

Joints

200

Air spaces in the bones that act as resonating chambers for the voice

Sinuses 

300

Pads of cartilage separating vertebrae 

Intervertebral Disks

400

Opening bones that allow nerves and blood vessels to enter or leave the bone

Foramina 

500

Area where cranial bone have joined together

Sutures 

Functions of Skeletal System

100

What does the skeletal system protect?

Internal structures

200

What does the skeletal system store?

Calcium, phosphorus, and fats 

300

What does the skeletal system produce?

Blood cells

400

What does the framework of the skeletal system do?

It supports muscles, fat, and skin

500

How does the skeletal system act as levers?

Muscles attach to bones to help provide movement.