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Skeletal System

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is our skeleton made up of?
a)
Bones
b)
Intestines
c)
Lungs
d)
Heart
2.
How many bones are in the adult human body?
a)
200
b)
206
c)
205
d)
204
3.
What does our skeleton help us do?
a)
Move
b)
Think
c)
Sleep
d)
None of these
4.

What are the main functions of the skeleton?

a)

Protection

b)

Body Shape

c)

Movement

d)

All Of These

5.

No movement would occur without the skeletal system.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

What's a skeleton?

6.
What mineral are bones made of?
a)
Vitamin C
b)
Calcium
c)
Zinc
d)
Vitamin B
7.

What food contain Calcium that helps our bones?

a)

Milk

b)

Oranges

c)

Mountain Dew

d)

Celery

8.

Bones are living things.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Bones can grow back together if they get broken.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which is not a function of the skeletal system?

a)

shape and support

b)

movement

c)

protection

d)

gas exchange

11.

Which system is responsible for creating red blood cells?

a)

skeletal

b)

muscular

c)

respiratory

d)

nervous

12.

Which of the following best describes the job of the skeletal system?

a)

Gives shape and support to the body.

b)

Sends messages from the stomach to the brain.

c)

Brings in and breaks down all nutrients for the body

13.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Mandible

c)

Femur

d)

Scapula

14.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Ribs

b)

Cranium

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

15.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Femur

c)

Cranium

d)

Ribs

16.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Femur

b)

Cranium

c)

Ribs

d)

Skull

17.

What is the place where two bones meet?

a)

bones

b)

tendons

c)

ligament

d)

joint

18.

What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone?

a)

ligament

b)

tendon

c)

joint

d)

bones

19.

What is the name for the connector that attaches bone to bone?

a)

ligament

b)

tendon

c)

joint

d)

cartilage

20.
Ligaments connect:
a)
Bone to bone
b)
Muscle to bone
c)
Joint to joint
d)
Bone to joint
21.

Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

a)

bone marrow

b)

joints

c)

tendons

d)

ligaments

22.

What is the cranium?

a)

spine

b)

skull

c)

thigh

d)

arm

23.

What does the cranium protect?

a)

heart

b)

eyes

c)

brain

d)

lungs

24.

What is the largest and strongest bone in the body?

a)

skull

b)

vertebrae

c)

femur

d)

ribs

25.

What is a flexible connective tissue that is found in your nose and ears?

a)

cartilage

b)

joints

c)

ligaments

d)

cranium

26.

What is the purpose of the rib cage?

a)

Helps us to think

b)

make blood for the body

c)

Protects our brain

d)

Protects our vital organs like heart and lungs

27.

The bones at the end of our fingers and toes are known as _______________.

a)

Tarsals

b)

The phalanges

28.

The scientific name of the collar bone is the ____________.

a)

Scapula

b)

Clavicle

29.

The carpals are your ankle bones.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The tibia is the bigger bone of the lower leg.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The scapula is commonly known as your shoulder blade.

a)

True

b)

False