Skeletal and Muscular Systems

The _______ is the system that gives the body shape and support, protects the organs inside the body.

• muscular system

• skeletal systen

• ligaments

• spine

Your ______, or backbone is a column of small bones that runs down your back and keeps it straight.

• skeletal system

• spine

• ribs

• muscular system

This part of skeleton is called....

• Skull

• Pelvis

• Ribs

• Spine

What protects our organs?

• Ribs
• Shoulder Blade
• Vertebrae 

Skeletal muscles are responsible for which of the following?

• Movement of the body
• Movement of the heart
• Movement of the ligaments 
• Movement of the extremities

A flexible material called ______ cushions most bones where they meet the joints.

• fat

• ligaments

• cartilage

• tissue

______ connect bone to cartilage and hold the joint together.

• spine

• ribs

• bone

• ligaments

The ______ is made of muscle, tissue that makes body parts move.

• muscular system

• skeltal system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

The adult human skeleton has 206 bones.

• True

• False

Cartilage is softer than bone.

• True

• False