The Functions of the Skeletal System

What are functions of the skeleton?

• Protection

• Blood cell production

• Movement

• All of these

Flat Bones protect the

• vital organs

• muscles

• skin

• ligaments

Bones serve as scaffolding for (more than one correct answer)

• ligaments

• joints

• muscles

• organs

Long bones

• support weight

• protect vital organs

• facilitate movement

• are only found in the legs

What are the functions of the skeleton?

• protection

• Body shape 

• movement

• A,b and c

What do the bones create?

• white blood cells

• platlets

• red blood cells

• flying turkeys

If your body were a tall building, your skeleton would be:

• beams and joints that hold it up

• plumbing and electrical systems

• foundation that anchors it to ground

• apartments and offices inside it

Your skeletal system is in charge of making your blood and giving you shape.

• True

• False

The ribs protect your...

• heart

• lungs

• liver

• all of the above

Which system of the human body provides protection to most of the major organs?

• skeletal system

• circulatory system

• respiratory system

• muscular system