Skeletal and Muscular System Study Guide
List 3 purposes of the skeletal system:
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2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Match the bones with the organ that it protects:
Skull
heart
Ribs
spinal cord
Vertebrae
brain
Match the vocabulary word with its definition:
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_____ Joint
______ Cartilage
______ Ligament
______ Tendon
______ Spongy bone
______ Compact bone
______ Membrane
______ Yellow marrow
______ Red marrow
______ Immoveable joint
______ Moveable joint
______ Gliding joint
______ Ball and socket
______ Hinge joint
______ Pivot joint
A. Covers the bone and has many small blood vessels
B. Made of fat cells and stores the body’s energy. Found inside long bones.
C. Solid bone that is made of living cells and nonliving minerals such as calcium.
D. Found in spongy bone. Makes new red blood cells and helps fight germs.
E. Made of strong, hard tubes. Found in the middle of short, flat bones.
F. A place where two or more bones meet.
G. Places where bones fit too tightly together to move.
H. Places where bones slide against each other. Allows some movement in all directions.
I. Allows bones to move back and forth, in a circle, and side to side
J. Found in the skull and neck, it allows the head to move up and down, back and forth.
K. Places where bones can move easily.
L. The rubbery tissue that is found between the bones in the body
M. Tissue that connects the bone to a joint
N. Allows bones to move back and forth in one direction.
O. Tissue that connects muscle to bone.
Where would you find an example of each type of joint?
Immovable joint: __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Partly Moveable Joint: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Hinge Joint:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gliding Joint: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pivot Joint: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ball and Socket Joint: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
LABEL EACH PART OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM: