The Bones Inside Us
DIRECTIONS Get out your x-ray glasses! You can learn all about your interesting insides while you answer the questions using the links below. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper, or on the reproducible provided by your teacher.
1
The human skeleton has 206 bones. Which is the longest? ________________________
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Why do you think they
are called hinge joints? _____________
________________________
2
The smallest bones are
those in our ears. What are their names? (There are three, and each
has a plain and a fancy name.)
____________/_____________,
____________/_____________,
____________/_____________.
7
Another word for the skull is the cranium. What is the most important job of the skull? ________________________
3
What makes up the inside portion of our bones?
________________________
8
What is the hardest bone in our body? ________________________
4
What is its purpose?_________
_________________________
9
What were George Washington’s teeth made from? (Hint: not wood!) ________________________
5
Joints are what hold
our bones together. There are two types: movable and immovable. A
hinge joint is a type of movable joint found in ___________________,
_________________, and _________________.
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Watch a terrific Web movie about the human skeletal system at the site below. While you wait for the page to load, you can take a quiz about the skeleton!
You will need Shockwave to view this page. Click
here
for a free copy.
An Instructor magazine reproducible. © 2001 Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make copies of this page for students.
