Skeletons and Movement

A ________ is a framework that shapes and supports an animal, protects its internal organs, and allows it to move in its environment

• endoskeleton

• skeleton

• exoskeleton

• muscular system

What are joints?

• A place where one muscles meet

• A place where two bones meet

• A place where bones connect to muscles

• Bones don't meet

This cushions the bones in a joint:

• Cartilage

• Tendons

• Ligaments

The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint.

• Ball and socket

• Gliding

• Fixed

• Hinge

Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint.

• Ball and socket

• Hinge

• Fixed

• Gliding

True or False: Muscles can respond to signals from the brain.

• true

• false

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What are skeletal muscles?

• Muscles attached to bones and are responsible for movement

• Tissue that connects muscles to other muscles

• Muscles found in your brain

Complete the sentence: When one muscle contracts, the other muscle _____.

• relaxes

• freezes

• contracts

• stretches

Mature bone cells that live in tiny cavities withing the bone are called?

• osteocytes

• osteoclasts

• osteoblasts

• ostea

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How do Calcium and Phosphorus relate to the skeletal system?

• Calcium and Phosphorus are made by the skeletal sytem

• Calcium and Phosphorus are stored in the skeletal system

• Calcium and Phosphorus are toxic to the skeletal system