Grade 10 - Task 13 - Support Systems in Animals

What is the axial skeleton made up of?

• skull, ribs, vertebrae

• Skull, ribs, vertebrae, clavicle

• Skull ribs, vertebrae, pelvis

• Skull, sternum, spine

What is the function of the skull?

• Only helps protect the nerves to the brain

• Helps protect the entire spinal cord and brain

• Helps protect the brain

• Helps protect the spinal cord

What shaped bones make up the vertebrae?

• long bones

• irregular bones

• short bones

• flat bones

True or false, the vertebrae starts at the base of the skull and continues to the pelvis.

• true

• false

What is the function of the vertebrae?

• Protects the spinal cord and is

  a channel for nerves

• Protects the spinal cord

• Protects the spinal cord and is a channel for

  blood vessels

• Only used for structure

What body parts make up the upper division in the appendicular skeleton?

• Shoulder, arms, hands, head, neck

• Everything from the waist up makes up the upper

  division

• Shoulder, arms, wrist, hands,

  fingers

• Arms, wrist, hands, fingers

How many divisions are in the body?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is this part of the skeleton called?

• Appendicular

• Thoracic

• Axial

• Vertebral

What is this part of the skeleton called?

• Appendicular

• Thoracic

• Axial

• Vertebral

What is the function of the appendicular skeleton?

• Support

• Movement

• Protection

• Flexibility