Healthy Skeletal and Muscular Systems: the Skeletal System in Action

The video tutorial explores the skeletal system, focusing on its role in movement through joints. It explains how joints like the knee and elbow facilitate movement and includes a hands-on activity to feel joint movement. The video also covers the roles of cartilage and ligaments in joint function.

What is one of the primary functions of the skeletal system?

• Storage of minerals

• Facilitating movement

• Production of blood cells

• Protection of internal organs

Which of the following is NOT an example of a joint?

• Elbow

• Knee

• Skull

• Wrist

When you bend your arm at the elbow, what are you primarily observing?

• The meeting point of bones at a joint

• The strength of the muscle

• The flexibility of the skin

• The length of the bone

What is the role of cartilage at joints?

• To store calcium

• To enable smooth movement of bones

• To produce red blood cells

• To connect muscles to bones

What is the function of ligaments in the skeletal system?

• To store fat

• To protect the brain

• To connect bones at joints

• To produce synovial fluid