Skeletal System

What is the place where two bones meet?

• hinge
• bone
• spot
• joint

What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone?

• ligament
• tendon
• patella
• string

What is the name for the connector that attaches bone to bone?

• ligament
• tendon
• patella
• string

Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

• red bone marrow

• yellow bone marrow

• tendons

• ligaments

What is a flexible connective tissue that is found in your nose and ears?

• cartilage

• joints

• ligaments

• cranium

Your thigh bone (femur) is which type of bone?

• long

• flat

• small

• irregular

The joint in which bones slip over other bones, allowing free movement like in your vertebrae?

• ball and socket joint

• hinge joint

• pivot joint

• gliding joint

The joint that consists of a bone resting atop another bone, permitting free back and forth movement like the top two cervical vertebrae (atlas and axis).

• ball and socket joint

• hinge joint

• pivot joint

• gliding joint

The joint that moves in one direction, like a door (ex: elbow or knee)?

• ball and socket joint

• hinge joint

• pivot joint

• gliding joint

The joint with a rounded end of bone fitting snug within another bone, like the hip or shoulder?

• ball and socket joint

• hinge joint

• pivot joint

• gliding joint