The functions are the skeletal system are

• To support the body, protect the organs, store calcium, and produce blood cells

• to regulate the composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retain the balance of water, salt, and other nutrients

• to regulate and maintain bodily functions by producing hormones and releasing them into the blood stream

• to enable the diffusion of oxygen into the bloodstream and the removal of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream

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What are the 2 organs in the skeletal system?

• muscles and joints

• joints and bones

• heart and lungs

• kidney and pancreas

Where is new blood cells created?

• In the scapula

• In bone marrow, located inside the bone

• In the patella

• In bone marrow, located inside the muscle tissue

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What is cartilage?

• joints that connect bone to tissue

• Connective tissue that acts as balance for the body

• Connective tissue near joints that act as a shock absorber

• a piece of tissue that is attached to the scapula

Where is cartilage, a connective tissue, located?

• Outside of the bone

• Around the muscle fibers

• In between bone and joints

• In between muscle and bone

How many bones are in the adult human body?

• 260

• 280

• 208

• 206

What are the joints in the skeletal system?

• Ball and socket, gliding, pivot, fused, hinge

• ball ad socket, screw, wrench, metatarsals

• ball and socket, gliding, immovable (fused) and juking

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identify the skeletal bone in the picture that is highlighted green and blue; also known as the breastbone

• clavilce

• Sternum

• Rib Cage

• verterbrae

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture; has immovable (fused) joints

• ribs

• tibia

• femur

• cranium

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted green

• fibula

• femur

• tibia

• phalanges