Skeletal System

What is the job (function) of the cranium, or skull?

• protect the heart

• protect the brain

• protect the feet

How many bones does an ADULT skeleton have?

• 206

• 200

True or False: Skeletal bones provide shape, support, protection and movement to your body.

• True

• False

What two minerals are bones primarily made up of?

• Carbon and Nitrogen

• Calcium and Phosphorus

• Gold and Silver

We keep some of our cartilage to prevent our bones from...

• breaking

• rubbing up against each other

• strong

• healthy

The _________________ gives the body its shape and supports and protects the internal organs.

• nervous system

• skeletal system

• muscular system

• body system

Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

• bone marrow

• joints

• tendons

• ligaments

What do the bones make?

• veins

• cartilage

• red blood cells

• bone marrow

What does the cranium protect?

• heart

• eyes

• brain

• lungs

What connects bones together?

• ligaments

• joints

• tendons

• cartilage