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Skeletal 22-2
Chapter 22-2 Skeletal System
Question | Answer |
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Your skeletal system is made up of | bone, cartilage, and connective tissue |
When you were born, most of your skeleton was made of | cartilage. |
What are two parts of your body that are made out of cartilage? | end of nose and top of ear |
Your heart and lungs are protected by | ribs |
Your spinal cord is protected by | vertebrae |
Your brain is protected by the | skull |
Some of your bones are filled with a special material called | marrow |
Red marrow makes | blood cells. |
The minerals found in bones are deposited by living cells called | osteoblasts |
What are the four functions of the skeletal system? | Protection, storage, movement, blood and cell formation |
It has many open spaces. | spongy bone |
It is rigid and dense. | compact bone |
It contains small blood vessels. | compact bone |
It provides most of the strength for bones. | spongy bone |
joint that allows little or no movement | fixed joint |
joint that allows movement in all directions | ball-and-socket joint |
joint that allows you to flex and extend | hinge joint |
joint that cushions the area where bones meet | cartilage |
joint that where two or more bones meet | joint |
joint that connective tissue that connects the bones in a joint | ligaments |
the type of joint found in the hand and joint | gliding joint |
how can of the skeletal system may become injured. | Sprain, fractured, or dislocated |
A disease that causes bones to become less dense is called | osteoporosis |
A disease that may cause joints to swell or stiffen is called | arthritis |
tissue that cushions the ends of bones where they meet in a joint | cartlidge |
what your bones store to help your nerves and muscles work properly | minerals |
a place where two or more bones meet | joint |
material that fills some of your bones and makes blood cells | marrow |
joint that allows the bones in your hand and wrist to move | gliding joints |
joint that allows you to move your arm in all directions | ball and socket |
joint that allows you to flex and extend your leg | hinge joint |
an injury in which a ligament is stretched too far or torn | sprain |
disease that causes bones to become weak and break more easily | osteoporosis |
disease that causes joints to swell or stiffen | artritis |