Skeletal System

The functions are the skeletal system are

• To support the body, protect the organs, store calcium, and produce blood cells

• to regulate the composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retain the balance of water, salt, and other nutrients

• to regulate and maintain bodily functions by producing hormones and releasing them into the blood stream

• to enable the diffusion of oxygen into the bloodstream and the removal of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream

What is cartilage?

• joints that connect bone to tissue

• Connective tissue that acts as balance for the body

• Connective tissue near joints that act as a shock absorber

• a piece of tissue that is attached to the scapula

How many bones are in the adult human body?

• 260

• 280

• 208

• 206

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture; has immovable (fused) joints

• ribs

• tibia

• femur

• cranium

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted green

• fibula

• femur

• tibia

• phalanges

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted red that is the upper arm or forelimb, forming joints at the shoulder and the elbow

• ribs

• phalanges

• patella

• humerus

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted in red

• sternum

• ribs

• femur

• vertebrae

What bone makes up your fingers and your toes?

• phalanges

• tibia

• femur

• scapula

What bone is also known as your shoulder blade?

• Sternum

• Scapula

• Thorax

• Vertebrae

What bone is also known as your collar bone and links the sternum?

• scapula

• vertebrae

• humerus

• clavicle