musculoskeletal system knowledge check

How many bones are in the adult body?

• 206

• 300

• 184

• 229

Which is not a job of the skeletal system

• protect internal organs

• give shape and support to the body

• ovide movement

• produce red blood cells

• produce hormones

the spongy tissue inside bones that produces blood cells is called

• marrow

• larynx

• bladder

• compact bone

the two nutrients needed to keep bones strong and healthy

• protein

• calcium

• phosphorous

• nitrogen

• carbohydrate

joints can be either

• movable or immovable

• open or closed

• strong or weak

• contract or extend

which is not a piece of the skeletal system

• bone

• cartilage

• joints

• marrow

• nerves

skeletal muscle is

• voluntary

• involuntary

muscles

• push

• pull

• lever

• charge

the term for the type of muscle in the heart

the bladder is an example of

• skeletal muscle

• cardiac muscle

• smooth muscle

• not muscle