Skeletal System blank study guide
Know the answers to these questions:
- How many bones do you have as a baby?
- How many bones do you have as an adult?
- What is the connection between your bones called?
- Name a hinged joint.
- Name a fixed joint.
- What is the longest bone in your body?
- Where will you find the smallest bone in your body?
- What bone protects the brain?
- What is the correct name for the jaw?
- Name a ball-and-socket joint.
- What does bone marrow do?
Be able to complete this diagram:
The major bones:
| tibia | phalanges | clavicle | ribs |
| vertebrae | femur | fibula | skull |
| scapula | ulna | pelvis | radius |
| sternum | humerus | phalanges | patella |
| mandible |
*Click for the Skeletal System study guide's answer key.