Skeletal System

Skeletal System

​Watch the BrainPOP Skeleton Movie

​While you watch, listen for:

• What is the purpose of the skeleton

• What holds bones together?

• What connects muscles to bones?

• What is in the middle of bones?

• Listen especially for these terms:

  • Marrow

  • Joint

  • Tendon

  • Ligament

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​What are some purposes of the skeletal system?

Multiple Choice

what are functions of the skeleton?

• protection
• Make blood cells
• movement
• all of them

Multiple Choice

The __________ system protects the body and gives it structure.

• muscular

• digestive

• skeletal

• circulatory

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

• production of red blood cells

• store calcium

• digest food

• movement, protection, and support

​What is in the middle of bones?

What is made by the marrow?

Multiple Choice

Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

• marrow

• cartilage

• ligament

• tendon

Multiple Choice

In the hollow part of many bones is marrow. What does marrow make?

• blood cells

• cartilage

• tendons

• ligaments

​What is the place where two bones meet called?

What's the difference between a ligament and a tendon?

Multiple Choice

What is the place where two bones meet?

• hinge
• bone
• spot
• joint

Multiple Choice

Important connective tissue that holds together bone to bone.

• Joint 
• Ligament
• Cartilage

• Bone

Multiple Choice

___________ are attached to our skeleton and this allow us to move.

• skin

• muscles

• hair

• blood vessels

Multiple Choice

What attaches muscles to bones?

• ligaments

• tendons

• nerves

• cartilage

Multiple Choice

What do we call a broken bone?

• osteoporosis

• fracture

• arthritis

• bone disease

Multiple Choice

Which tissue cushions the end of bones?

• tendons

• ligaments

• cartilage

• joints

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a function of bones?

• Protection

• Blood cell formation

• Storage

• Filtering Blood

Multiple Choice

The adult skeletal system is composed of how many bones?

• 216
• 371
• 206
• 199

Multiple Choice

Bones are organs. True or false?

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Which mineral is stored in our bones?

• Calcium
• Vitamin D
• Blood Cells
• Bone Marrow