Identify. Choose answers from the box.

Clavicle 300 Rib Femur

Skeleton 206 Skull/Cranium
Pelvis Stirrup Vertebrae

_____________1. It protects our body organs.

_____________2. Human skeleton has ______ bones.
_____________3. When the child is born, it has approximately ______ bones.
_____________4. Smallest bone in the skeletal system.
_____________5. Carries our brain and support our face.
_____________6. It is our shoulder bones and also what we called collar bones.
_____________7. It protects our heart and lungs.
_____________8. Spine has 33 small bones called ______________.
_____________9. It is the largest bone and protects bladder and uterus.
_____________10. It is the longest and strongest bone in the body.
Write True if the statement is correct and if it’s not correct underline what makes
the statement wrong and write the correct word on the blank to make it correct.
__________1. Skeletal System is the framework of our body.
__________2. Small bones in our fingers and toes help us make small movements.
__________3. Long bones in our fingers and toes help us make large movements.
__________4. Skull protects our heart.
__________5. Bones support and protects our internal organ.
__________6. Infants have as many as 206 bones.
__________7. Adults have 300 bones.
__________8. Ribs and breastbone protect the heart, lungs and other organs inside
our chest.
__________9. Spine protects the spinal cord.
__________10. Soft drinks and phosphorus make bones hard and strong.

Identify. Choose answers from the box.

Hinge Joint Saddle Joint Pivot Joint
Gliding Joint Ball and Socket Joint Cartilage
Ligaments Tendons
 1. ______________________ allows bones to move back and forth in a
straight line.
2. ______________________ - tilts in all directions.
3. ______________________ - makes bones slide along each other.
4. ______________________ - allows two kinds of movements – side to side
and up and down.
5. ______________________ - formed by a round knob at the end of
another bone and allows the greatest number of movements.
6. ________________ is a strong, slippery and flexible tissue which gives
shape to some parts of the body. Acts as a cushion between two or more
bones.
7. __________________ tough cord which attaches the muscles to bones by
strong, connective and inelastic tissue or cords.
8. ___________________ connect the bone to each other at a joint (bone-to-
bone). They are elastic so they can stretch when bones move apart.

Injuries of the bone

1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
Disease of the bone
1. __________________________
2. __________________________
3. __________________________
4. __________________________
5. __________________________

Fill in the parts of the skeleton.

___________________
Choices:
Ribs Pelvis Cranium
Sternum Femur Mandible
Bones of the arm Clavicle Bones of the leg
Vertebrae or Spine