Musculoskeletal System Part Two

Musculoskeletal System Part Two

Skeletal System

What are the main jobs of the skeletal system?

Your skeletal system’s main purpose it to support your body. Without bones, you wouldn’t be able to move. Bones also help to protect your organs. Your spine is the main support in your body. It is made of twenty-six bones. Your skull protects your brain and your ribs protect your heart and lungs. The pelvis helps to protect the organs in your abdomen.

Multiple Select

Your skeletal system has TWO main jobs. What are they?

• Support

• Move

• Protect

• Sit

Skeletal System

What are our bones made of?

The bones in your arms and legs are long and strong. There are smaller bones in your hands, wrists, feet, and ankles. Your body has 206 bones and each has a special job. Bones are alive because they are made of living cells. This is how they are able to grow. The spongy material in the middle of your bones is called bone marrow, which helps make new blood cells.​

Multiple Choice

The skeletal system ________ our body.

• Protects

• Stops

• Moves

• Ruins

Multiple Select

The ____________ protects your brain, the ________________ protects your heart and lungs, and the _______________ protects your abdominal organs.

• Skull

• Rib Cage

• Pelvis

• Collar Bone

Multiple Choice

Bones are made up of ______ cells.

• Living

• Nonliving

• Hollow

• Muscle

Multiple Choice

Bones are alive because they are made of living cells. This is how they

are able to grow. The spongy material in the middle of your bones is

called ____ ______ , which helps make new blood cells.

• Leg Bones

• Bone Marrow

• Living Cells

• Spongy Bones

Multiple Select

What are the THREE types of muscles?

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

• Smooth

• Rough

Multiple Choice

Different groups of body parts that have specific functions are called...

• Organs

• Organ Systems

• Tissue

• Cells

Multiple Choice

Veins carry blood to from your heart. Blood moves AWAY from your heart through...

• Arteries

• Veins

• Lungs

• Tubes