Skeletal Joints

True or False: By the time your a teenager most of your cartilage has been replaced by bone.

• True

• False

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We keep some of our cartilage to prevent our bones from...

• breaking

• rubbing up against each other

• strong

• healthy

Which joint allows little to no movement?

• All joints

• Immoveable joints

• Moveable joints

How many moveable or semi-moveable joints are there in the body?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

How are moveable joints held together?

• Tendons

• Bones

• Cartilage

• Ligaments

Cartilage is...

• More flexible than bone.

• Less flexible than bone. 

a place where two or more bones meet

• joint

• cartilage

• marrow

• tendon

connects bone to bone

• marrow

• skeletal system

• cartilage

• ligaments

A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together.

• marrow

• cartilage

• joint

• ligament

Protects and supports body organs and provides a framework the muscles use to support movement. Made up of bones and joints.

• cartilage

• marrow

• skeletal system

• joint