Skeleton, Muscles and Joints for Year 5

How many bones are there in your body ?

• 306

• 206

• 209

Which bone supports all of the body ?

• ribs

• skull

• backbone

What is a stapes and where is it found ?

• a bone in the hip

• a joint in the shoulder

• the smallest bone in the body found in the ear

The ribs protect

• the heart and the lungs

• the digestive system

• the joints and muscles

What looks white in the x ray ?

• air

• muscle

• bone

• joints

The word radiation was created by a scientist called .......

• Henri Becquerel

• Marie Curie

• Karl Linneaus

Which elements did Marie Curie discover ?

• polonium and magnesium

• calcium and magnesium

• polonium and radium

The place where two bones connect is called a________

• vertebrate

• joint

• muscle

Knees and elbows are ...........

• gliding joints

• hinge joints

The hip is an example of a joint which gives large freedom of movement as we can move in all directions. We call this a _________

• gliding joint

• hinge joint

• ball and socket joint