The Skeletal System: All About Bones Part 1

Where is the longest, heaviest, and strong bone in your body located?

• legs

• arms

• shoulders

An ________________ is something that is attached to, or that hangs from something larger.

• shoulder

• appendages

• collarbone

What do your pelvic bones protect?

• kidney and stomach

• heart and lungs

• bladder and intestines

The point where two bones meet is called a _________

• collarbone

• joint

• cartilage

Without joints, your body would not be able to (a)   .

_____________ protects your bones from rubbing together.

• tissue

• joints

• cartilage

____________ wraps around your joints and hold the bones together.

• Cartilage

• Tissue

• Ligaments

An _______________is an invisible light that can travel through the soft tissues of your body, but not through hard bone.

• X-Ray

• Film

• Light

X-Rays were invented about ________ years ago.

• 300

• 100

• 200

Some joints permit no movement at all. These are called _________ joints

• partially movable

• movable

• immovable