Musculoskeletal System Worksheet
Answer the following questions as we go through the
Power Point:
1. How many bones are there in the average adult body?
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2. What are the five main functions of the musculoskeletal system?
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3. At the back of this worksheet you will find two pictures of a human skeleton.
Using their scientific names, label each of the bones.
4. Fill in the blanks:
- Bones are covered with a tough _____________ called the _______________.
- The periosteum contains ___________________ that ____________the cells
inside the bone.
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Compact bone, which is __________ and ___________, is found beneath the
periosteum.
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It covers the ____________ __________ at either end of the bone.
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Compact bone provides _____________ to the bone while spongy bone
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Yellow bone marrow fills the __________ of the bone and as used as a fat
storage site.
5. What is cartilage?
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6. What does the periosteum do as you grow?
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7. What is peak bone mass?
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8. What is osteoporosis?
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9. Describe the characteristics of a long bone (what does it look like/contain?).
Give an example. (pg 258)
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10. Describe the characteristics of a short bone (what does it look like/contain?).
Give an example. (pg 258)
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11. Describe the characteristics of a flat bone (what does it look like/contain?).
Give an example. (pg 258)
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12. Describe the characteristics of an irregular bone (what does it look
like/contain?). Give an example. (pg 258)
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13. Name the two divisions of the skeleton and give an example of each.
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14. Use two different colours to clearly identify which bones belong to the axial
and appendicular skeletons on the diagrams provided.
(Hint: look at pg 259 if you get stuck)
15. Name the five sections of the vertebral column. How many bones in each?
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16. Select 5 bones from the axial skeleton and 5 bones from the appendicular
skeleton and classify each according to its shape.
Axial skeleton:
Appendicular skeleton:
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