Skeletal System
Worksheet
and the
Muscular System
Worksheet
What bones have you broken?
Skeletal System
1. What does the skeletal
system do?
• Provides shape to the body.
• Supports muscles, and
helps protect organs.
• Muscle attachment
Touch and press the skin on your elbows,
knees, stomach and face to feel your bones.
Were there any
areas of the body
where you couldn’t
feel any bones?
stomach
2. What organ is protected by the skull?
3. What organ is protected by the ribs?
Brain
Heart & Lungs
The joints where the skull bone
meet are the…
4. How many bones do we have?
206
Sometimes
there are
extra bones
in the hands
or feet.
Babies are born with 270 soft bones about 64 more than an adult; and many of
these will fuse together by the age of
twenty or twenty-five into the 206 hard,
permanent bones.
Longest and strongest bone in
the body is the…
5. There is only one bone in the human
body not connected to another bone.
What is it???
Hyoid bone!
6. Four layers of bone and their
function
• periosteum - blood vessels that
transport nutrients,
• compact bone - provides support,
6.(cont.)
spongy bone - makes bones light and strong,
bone marrow - site of blood cell production
7. Examples of the
following types of joints
are …
1.Fixed: Skull. (no movement)
2.Semimovable: Vertebrae
(Small amount of movement)
3.Pivot: Head (Rotation)
4.Ball & socket: Hips &
shoulders (Flexible)
5.Hinge: Elbows & knees
(Simplest)
6.Ellipsoidal: Wrists & ankles
(Allows movement in all ways except
rotation)
8. What does the muscular system do?
It moves all your
moving parts!
It helps protect the
joints.
It helps create heat.
Muscles, tendons, and
ligaments hold bones together
What connects…
bone to bone?
Ligaments
9. muscle to bone?
Tendons
What is the largest tendon
in the human body?
The Achilles tendon
is the largest
tendon in the human
body and can
withstand forces of
1,000 pounds or
more. But it is also
the most vulnerable
and frequently
ruptured tendon.
10. How can we increase muscle cell size?
By exercising the
muscles with
strength or
resistance training.
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Sternum
Humerus
Pelvis
Ulna
Phalanges
Skull
Clavicle
Ribs
Vertebrae
Radius
Femur
Patella
Fibula
Tibia
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Pectorals
Biceps
Trapezius
Deltoids
Latissimus
Dorsi
Triceps
Gluteus
Maximus
Abdominals
Quadriceps
Hamstrings
Gastrocnemius
Muscular System Video
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