UNIT 2

Properties of the skeleton

• Holds up and shape the body

• Participates in movement

• Gives us color and the shape of the face

• Protects some delicate organs

• Gives us strength and flexibility

Match the following.

• Unions between two or more bones

• Joint

• Hard and rigid organ

• Bone

• Attach bones

• Cartilage

• Protect the joint

• Ligament

Properties of the musculature

• Hard and rigid organ

• Responsible for movement

• Contract and relax

• Gives us the shape of our body

Match the following

• Hard and rigid organ

• Ligament

• Attach muscles to the bones

• Tendon

• Attach bones

• Bone

d

e

f

g

c

b

a

Occipital

Jawbone

Frontal

Temporal

Nasal

Cheekbone

Parietal

a

b

c

d

Sternum

Scapula

Rib

Vertebrae

a

b

c

d

Ulna

Femur

Tibia

Coaxial

There are THREE kinds of JOINTS.

Match them with examples.

• Vertebrae

• Semi-moveables

• Skull

• Moveables

• Knee or elbow

• Fixed

a

b

c

Orbicular

Buccinator

Masseter

a

b

c

d

Pectoral

Sternocleidomastoid

Intercostal

Abdominal