Skeletal System Digital Worksheet

Classify the parts of the skeleton as either Axial or Appendicular:

Groups:

(a) Axial Skeleton

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(b) Appendicular Skeleton

• Upper limbs

• Lower limbs

• Pelvic Girdle

• Shoulder Girdle

• skull

• spine

• Rib cage

What are the six functions of the skeletal system?

Sort the characteristics into the correct type of Bone:

Groups:

(a) Long Bones

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(b) Short Bones

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(c) Flat Bones

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(d) Irregular Bones

• Resist stress

• • Elongated with 2 terminal parts & a body

• longer than they are wide

• Spongy bone covered by a thin layer of compact bone

• different from the others

• Middle layer of spongy bone

• Layer of compact bone around the spongy bone layer

• Flat or curved sheets of bone

• Usually compact bone w/ spongy bone at the end

• boxy or cube shaped

• Mainly spongy with thin layers of compact bones

Match the functions of bones into the correct type of Bone:

• Provide large areas for muscles

• Irregular Bones

• Acts as levers and shock absorbers

• Long Bones

• Protect organs such as the brain

• Flat Bones (2)

• Form bone groups or close units

• Short Bones

• muscle attachment

• Flat Bones

Assign the types of bones to the correct Bone category:

Groups:

(a) Long Bones

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(b) Short Bones

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(c) Flat Bones

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(d) Irregular Bones

• hips

• toes

• fingers

• facial bones

• ankle bones

• thighs

• shoulder blade

• wrist bones

• sternum

• skull

• ribs

• forearms

• upper arms

• legs

• vertebrae

Match the names of the bones with the correct location on the image

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

scapula

thorax

humerus

mandible

clavicle

sternum

skull

Match the names of the bones with the correct location on the image

h

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

radius

metacarpus

pelvis

phalanges (hand)

sacrum

carpus

spine

ulna

Match the names of the bones with the area on the skeleton

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

tarsus

fibula

metatarsus

femur

tibia

phalanges (foot)

patella