Skeletal and Muscular System Vocabulary

The muscle of your upper arm is called the

• Pectorals

• Abdominals

• Deltoids

• Biceps

The innermost part of the bone, where blood cells are made is called the 

• Cancellous bone

• Bone Marrow

• Periosteum

• Hollow bone

How do your skeletal and muscular systems work together?

• Your skull protects your brain

• Your heart pumps blood

• Muscles move your bones

• Your brain controls your muscles

All muscles work by

• Relaxing

• Contracting

• Twisting

• Getting longer

Muscles that are under your control. Smiling, turning a page in a book and getting out of your chair are some examples.

• Involuntary Muscles

• Voluntary Muscles

• Skeletal Muscles

No movement would occur without the skeletal system.

• True

• False

• Huh?

Muscle that moves parts of the body and is under the

organism’s conscious control.

• skeletal muscle

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle

• involuntary muscle

Bones and cartilage that supports the body.

• circulatory system

• muscular system

• respiratory system

• skeletal system

Firm but flexible tissue that is part of the skeletal system.

• cartilage

• bone

• muscles

• ligament

Place where 2 or more bones meet.

• joint

• ligament

• muscle

• tendon