1. Bones and Joints Jeopardy Be sure the answer in a question!

2. It is the strongest bone you have. What is the mandible?

3. They are 85% of your body weight. What are muscles?

4. The mineral that helps bones grow. What is calcium?

5. They hold bones to bones. What are ligaments?

6. It is a fixed joint. What is the cranium?

7. To protect bodily organs. What is one function of the skeletal system?

8. It is a feature that our feet and buildings have that provides support. What is the arch?

9. It is the tough elastic tissue that our nose is made of. What is cartilage?

10. Bones need them to move. What are muscles?

11. It is the place where two bones meet What is a joint?

12. It is the inside of a bone, often transplanted. What is bone marrow?

13. Ca What is the chemical abbreviation for calcium?

14. It is made of several small bones to allow movement. What is the vertebrae?

15. They hold muscles to bones. What are tendons?

16. .The clavicle What is the collarbone?

17. It is the feature that makes humans different than all other animals. What is the opposable thumb?

18. The metatarsal What is the foot?

19. The carpal What is the wrist?

20. The approximate percentage of our body that the femur takes up. What is about 25% (25-35 accepted)

21. A lower arm bone. What is the ulna (or the radius)?

22. An inflammation of the joints What is arthritis?

23. A unique feature of human beings. What is the opposable thumb?

24. The joint at the shoulder What is a ball-and-socket joint?

25. Three types of joints What are (any three) fixed, hinge, ball-and- socket, pivot,

26. The shoulder bone What is the scapula?

27. Three classes of vertebrates What is (any three) mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish

28. It is the only movable joint in our head. What is the mandible (or jaw?)

29. The class of animal with a backbone What is a vertebrate?

30. The purpose of red blood cells What is to carry oxygen through our body?

31. A disease of the vertebrae that often affects older people. What is osteoporosis?

32. It is an example of an involuntary muscle. What is the heart?

33. How many movements your biceps have. What is one (contracting)?

34. 206 What is how many bones do you have?

35. You do this because its skull is not fused together yet. What is “why do you hold a baby by cradling its head?”

36. Humans have 26 of them. What is vertebrae

37. Two animals that have hollow bones. What is birds and humans?

38. A lower leg bone. What is fibula (or tibia?

39. Humans have 26 of them. What is “vertebrae”?

40. The biggest difference in the backbones of animals and humans? What is curved spine (in animals)?

41. What the thoracic case protects. What is heart and lungs?

42. The unusual shape of rib bones. What is curved?

43. They are fatter than fingers because we have to balance on them. What are toes?

44. It’s where bones make blood. What is bone marrow?

45. They fight infection and are in your bones. What are white blood cells?

46. It is the advantage of hollow bones. What is “they are lighter”.