Skeletal System

Click on the link after each question to find the answer !

1. What is the function or the purpose of the skeletal system?
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humananatomy/skeletal/skeletalsystem.html

2. How many bones make up the skeletal system at birth? How many bones make up the skeletal system in an adult?
http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/skeleton.html

3. Name the largest bone and tell where it is in body?
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/skeletalsystem.html

4. Where are the smallest bones in the body located?
http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/skeletalsystem.html

5. How are bones connect to other bones?
http://42explore.com/skeleton.htm

6. Name the different types of joints and tell how they work?
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/skeleton.html

7. What are bones made of?
http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/skelweb/skel01.html#made

8. Label the diagram:
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_noSW.html

9. What is between bones such as vertebrae? What is it’s function?
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske2.htm

10. What can we do to keep our skeletal system healthy?
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1997/697_bone.html

11. Take a tour of the skeletal system!
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm

Now that you have learned all about the skeletal system, click on one of the link below to put a human skeleton together.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/skel/skel.html
http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html


See if you can label the bones of a skeleton!
http://www.vtaide.com/png/assess.htm