Skeletal system

SKELETAL SYSTEM

Skeleton

From the Greek word skeletos meaning "dried-up body".


When born, a baby's body contains approximately 300 bones. In the long run, these end up fusing (joining as they grow) to form the skeleton of 206 bones of an adult person.

Major Divisions of Skeleton

• Axial Skeleton

• Appendicular Skeleton

Axial Skeleton

• Skull

• Ossicles

• Hyoid bone

• sternum

• rib cage

• vertebral column

Appendicular Skeleton

• Upper limbs

  
  

• Lower limbs
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

Joints

A point where two bones meet and are connected together by a ligament.

Kinds of Joints According to Movement

• Immovable Joint

• Slighty Movable Joint

• Freely Movable Joint

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What is the largest bone of the body?

• fibula

• humerus

• pelvis

• femur

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Who has more bones, an adult or a baby?

• baby

• adult

• both of them have the same

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How many bones have the human body?

• 206

• 208

• 300

• 207

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The joints are also called:

• Muscles

• Bones

• Articulations

• Joints

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There are three places where you can find articulations. Which are they?

• Nose, jaw and joints

• Nose, ears and joints

• Ears, ribs and joints

• Ears, craneum and joints

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The ribs protect organs like the heart and lungs. Which function is this?

• Flexibility

• Movement

• Structure

• Protection

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What type of bones are the bones of the cranium?

• Long bones

• Flat bones

• Short bones

• Irregular bones

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What type of bones is the femur?

• Long bones

• Flat bones

• Short bones

• Irregular bones

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What type of bones are the vertebraes?

• Long bones

• Flat bones

• Short bones

• Irregular bones

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The femur allow the leg to move. Which function is this?

• Flexibility

• Movement

• Structure

• Protection

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The spinal column supports the body and gives it shape. Which function is this?

• Structure

• Movement

• Support

• Protection

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Articulations:

• They are found under the skin and cover the skeleton.

• They are those that allow the bones to be joined and allow us to move.

• They are hard and rigid (they cannot be bent)

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They are structures that join the bones together:

• Muscles

• The senses

• Joints

• Ligaments

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Which type of joints is this?

• Immovable joints

• Movable joints

• Partially movable

• Joints

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Which type of joints is this?

• Immovable

• Movable

• Partially movable

• Joints

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Which type of joints is this?

• Immovable

• Movable

• Partially movable

• Joints

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Which structure can you see in skeletal system?

• Muscles and tendons

• Tendons and cartilage

• Ligaments and muscles

• Bones and joints

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What are this bones?

• Femur and pelvis

• Ribs and vertebrae

• Phalanges and femur

• Vertebrae and femur

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It works with the bones to help the body to move.

• Skeletal system

• Digestive system

• Muscular system

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It protects some of the organs and gives the body support and shape.

• Digestive system

• Respiratory system

• Skeletal system

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All the bones together are called...

• Respiratory system.

• Skeletal system.

• Circulatory system

• Esqueletal system.

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Which bones protect our heart and lungs?

• Cartilage.

• Cerebrum.

• Blood.

• Ribs

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Which bones make up the skeletal system.

• Skull, humerus, ribs and tibia.

• Lungs, heart, stomach and arm.

• Leg, head, nose, mouth.

• Neck, eyes, leg bone and cartilage.

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Choose long bones…

• Cranium, pelvis and radios.

• Humerus, femur and fibula.

• Patella and carpals.

• Leg, nose and head.

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Choose short bones…

• Cranium, pelvis and radios.

• Humerus, femur and fibula.

• Patella and carpals.

• Leg, nose and head.

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Which is this bone?

• Tibia

• Pelvis

• Cranium

• Ribs

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Choose the correct word to the picture.

• Tibia

• Pelvis

• Cranium

• Ribs

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What bone is this?

• Tibia

• Pelvis

• Cranium

• Ribs

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What bone is this?

• Tibia

• Cranium

• Pelvis

• Ribs