Skeletal System

Your skeleton

• supports & shapes the body

• works with muscles to help you move

• helps protect important organs

• makes blood

• all of the above

The set of bones inside your head that protects your brain is called ____________.

• femur

• backbone

• skull

The ________ is a set of bones in your chest that protects your heart & lungs.

• skull

• ribcage

• femur

What protects the spinal cord?

• vertebrae

• body

• ribcage

What mineral helps keep your bones healthy and strong?

• iron

• zinc

• calcium

What happens after you break a bone?

• your body connects the bone together and the bone heals

• the bone will be broken forever

• your body won't need bones anymore

• you grow an extra bone

The human skeleton can be subdivided into two parts, what part is made up of the skull, sternum, vertebral column and rib cage?

• appendicular
• axial

What type of bone is the scapula?

• long bone
• short bone
• flat bone
• sesamoid bone

What type of bone is the femur?

• Long bone
• Short bone
• Flat bone
• Irregular bone

Which one of the following is an irregular bone?

• humerus
• tibia
• temporal
• vertebrae