Health Science I Skeletal System

Which set of bones is in your back and holds up your body?

• skull

• spine

• joint

• arm

Your skeleton

• supports & shapes the body

• works with muscles to help you move

• helps protect important organs

• makes blood

• all of the above

Bones are alive and can heal.

• True

• False

The set of bones inside your head that protects your brain is called ____________.

• femur

• backbone

• skull

The ________ is a set of bones in your chest that protects your heart & lungs.

• skull

• ribcage

• femur

What protects the spinal cord?

• vertebrae

• body

• ribcage

What mineral helps keep your bones healthy and strong?

• iron

• zinc

• calcium

What happens after you break a bone?

• your body connects the bone together and the bone heals

• the bone will be broken forever

• your body won't need bones anymore

• you grow an extra bone

What happens as you grow and change?

• your bones stay the same

• your bones get smaller

• your bones don't need calcium when you're a grown up

• your bones grow and change too

The smallest bone in your body is inside your ear. Which is the biggest bone?

• a rib in your ribcage

• the thighbone in your leg

• the jawbone in your skull

• a wrist bone in your wrist