How Many?
hinge joint
What kind of joint is your elbow, knee or interphalanges?
bones, ligament, tendon
What are the three components of the skeletal system?
support, protect, and provide shape to the body.
What do bones do?
skull bones may overlap
What happens to a baby's head during childbirth?
ball-and-socket joint
What kind of joint is your hip or shoulder?
ligament
What is the tissue that joins bones to bones?
bone marrow
What is found inside a bone?
water, calcium, phosphorous.
What are the three things your bones are made out of?
pivot joint
What kind of joint is in the cervical vertebrae of your neck?
tendon
What is the tissue that connects the muscle to bone?
the body's central support structure
What is the spine?
flexion, extension and rotation
What are the movements your spine can make?
24 bones
How many bones are in the adult vertebrae?
gliding joints
What are most the joints in your hands?
Tendon, bones, ligament
Would you be able to move without these?
rib cage
What are the bones that protect your heart and lungs?
the femur
What is the longest/strongest bone in the body?
They join to be one bone
What happens to long bones as you grow from an infant to an adult?
synarthrosis
What is another name for immovable or fixed joints in the cranium?
smallest bones in the body
What are the malleus, incus and stapes?
jawbone
What is another name for mandible?