Skeletal System Bill Nye

Fixed joints in the body ___________________.

• are joints that slide

• are joints that move

• are joints that do not move

• are joints that flex and bend

__________________ the strongest bone(s) in the body.

• periosteum is

• cartilage is

• backbones are

• teeth are

You have ________________ all over your body, which connect(s) muscles to bones.

• joints

• cartilage

• tendons

• calcium

No matter how you move your body, some of your ________________ are contracting.

• muscles

• bones

• joints

• cartilage

____________________ found in milk, helps make your bones strong.

• periosteum

• cancellous

• cartilage

• calcium

The joints in all of your fingers are _______________ joints.

• ball

• hinge

• sliding

• fixed

Your muscle make up about ________________ percent of your body weight.

• 85

• 86

• 87

• 88

Sharks have ________________.

• bones

• cartilage

• joints

• tendons

Your backbone is made of _________________ bone(s).

• one solid

• several pieces of

• many movable

• the strongest

Bones are made up of the periosteum, the compact bone, and the cancellous or _________________ bone.

• solid

• flexible

• cellular

• spongy