The Skeletal System

The patella is an example of which type of bone?

• sesamoid bone

• irregular bone

• short bone

• flat bone

The skeleton can be divided into two parts: the apial skeleton and the axendicular skelton.

• True

• False

Match the term to the correct picture that the red arrow is pointing to.

• Growth Plate

• 
• Spongy Bone

• 
• Compact Bone

• 
• Yellow Bone Marrow

• 

Label the bones to the parts on the skeleton.

a

b

c

Tibia

Femur

Humerus

Select all the functions of the bones in the skeletal system.

• protect organs

• help you move

• produce ATP chemicals

• give your body shape

What do doctors use to look at bones beneath the skin?

(a)  

Select all the functions of the bones in the skeletal system.

• move muscles

• produce blood cells

• connect synapses

• fight off infection

Label the two zones of the skeleton.

a

b

axial skeleton

appendicular skeleton

Label the cranial bones.

a

b

c

d

e

f

parietal

occipital

zygomatic

temporal

frontal

mandible

Label the cranial bones.

b

c

d

a

occipital

parietal

maxilla

mandible