Skeletal System Review

Match the following

• The solid base of the vertebral column

• Cartilage

• Flexible connective tissue.

• Sacrum

• The longest bone in the upper limbs.

• Humerus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Cords of dense connective tissue connecting two bones together

• ligaments
• tendons
• muscles
• nerves

Forms part of the wrist joint in the upper limb.

• humerus
• radius
• ulna
• femur

Forms part of the elbow joint in the upper limb.

• humerus
• femur
• ulna
• radius

Cords of dense connective tissue connecting muscle to bones.

• ligaments
• cartilage
• nerves
• tendons

The virtually useless last four fused vertebrae in the spinal column.

• coccyx
• thoracic
• lumbar
• sacrum

Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the human body that lies horizontally.

• clavicle
• radius
• ulna
• humerus

An articulation or junction between two or more bones.

• connection
• link
• bridge
• joint

The pelvic and pectoral girdles are considered part of the ​ (a)   skeleton. The ​ (b)   girdle is much sturdier and provides far less mobility than the other.

• appendicular
• Pelvic
• rib
• axial

How many bones are in total in the human body

• 300

• 210

• 206

• 100