UNIT 2

Properties of the skeleton

• Holds up and shape the body

• Participates in movement

• Gives us color and the shape of the face

• Protects some delicate organs

• Gives us strength and flexibility

Match the following.

• Hard and rigid organ

• Joint

• Unions between two or more bones

• Ligament

• Protect the joint

• Cartilage

• Attach bones

• Bone

Properties of the musculature

• Hard and rigid organ

• Responsible for movement

• Contract and relax

• Gives us the shape of our body

Match the following

• Hard and rigid organ

• Tendon

• Attach muscles to the bones

• Bone

• Attach bones

• Ligament

d

e

f

g

c

b

a

Parietal

Occipital

Jawbone

Nasal

Frontal

Cheekbone

Temporal

a

b

c

d

Scapula

Sternum

Vertebrae

Rib

a

b

c

d

Femur

Coaxial

Tibia

Ulna

There are THREE kinds of JOINTS.

Match them with examples.

• Vertebrae

• Semi-moveables

• Knee or elbow

• Moveables

• Skull

• Fixed

a

b

c

Masseter

Buccinator

Orbicular

a

b

c

d

Intercostal

Sternocleidomastoid

Pectoral

Abdominal