Skeletal System

Question 1

What is the skeleton used for?

Answer 1

Support
Protection
Locomotion

Question 2

How many bones do we have when we are born, what happen to them?

Answer 2

About 300

Some fuse together as we grow

Question 3

What is the largest bone?

Answer 3

Femur

Question 4

What is the smallest bone?

Answer 4

Stirrup

Question 5

How many bones are in each hand?

Answer 5

26

Question 6

What are your nose and ears made of?

Answer 6

Cartilage

Question 7

How many bones are in the body?

Answer 7

206

Question 8

How many different types of joints are there?

Answer 8

4 main ones

Question 9

What are the 4 main joints called?

Answer 9

Gliding
Fuse
Hinge
Socket

Question 10

Why can bones repair themselves?

Answer 10

They are made up of living tissue.

Question 11

How do cells surrounded in calcium effect the bones?

Answer 11

They provide strength and elasticity

Question 12

What cushions bones and reduces friction in joints?

Answer 12

Cartilage

Question 13

What hold joints together?

Answer 13

Ligaments

Question 14

What are the four things that make up a bone?

Answer 14

Marrow bone
Spongey bone
Compact bone
Blood vessels

Question 15

How many bones are used in the ear to analyse sound?

Answer 15

3

Question 16

Where are blood cells produces in the bone?

Answer 16

Marrow

Question 17

Shoulder and hip joints are examples of what joint? How many directions of movement do these allow?

Answer 17

Socket

Allow movement in many directions

Question 18

Elbows and knees are examples of what joint? How many directions of movement do these allow?

Answer 18

Hinge

One direction only

Question 19

Head turning on the spine is what joint type?

Answer 19

Pivot

Question 20

Movement in wrist and ankle are what type of joints?

Answer 20

Gliding