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

• Attach muscles to the bones

• Bone

• Hard and rigid organ

• Ligament

• Attach bones

• Tendon

d

e

f

g

c

b

a

Occipital

Temporal

Frontal

Parietal

Cheekbone

Jawbone

Nasal

a

b

c

d

Scapula

Rib

Vertebrae

Sternum

a

b

c

d

Tibia

Coaxial

Femur

Ulna

There are THREE kinds of JOINTS.

Match them with examples.

• Vertebrae

• Moveables

• Skull

• Fixed

• Knee or elbow

• Semi-moveables

a

b

c

Orbicular

Buccinator

Masseter

a

b

c

d

Intercostal

Sternocleidomastoid

Pectoral

Abdominal