Skeletal System

soft, jelly-like center of bones.

• periosteum
• compact bone
• cancellous bone
• marrow

True or False... bones can bend before they break.

• True
• False

Your skeleton begins as ____________ that is eventually broken down into bone.

• Cartilage
• Fat
• Marrow

Any place where two or more bones come together.

• joint
• cartilage
• ligament

rubbery tissue that cushions bones; located a joints.

• joint
• cartilage
• ligament

attaches bone to bone.

• joint
• cartilage
• ligament
• tendon

allows little movement. Ex. joints of the bones in your skull.

• fixed joint
• pivot joint
• ball and socket joint
• hinge joint

One bone rotates around another bone.

• fixed joint
• pivot joint
• hinge joint
• ball and socket joint

The ball end of one bone fits into a cuplike cavity on another bone.

• hinge joint
• ball and socket joint
• fixed joint
• sliding joint

back and forth joint. Ex. knee or elbow

• hinge
• ball and socket
• pivot
• fixed