Skeletal System Review

This type of bone includes the skull and scapula (shoulder.)

This type of bone includes the femur (thigh bone.)

This type of bone includes the vertebra and pelvis.

The hard flexible tissue that first forms the skeletal system:

The places where the bones meet:

The strong stretchy connective tissue that holds bones together:

Bands of dense, tough, inelastic (not stretchy,) white, fibrous tissue that connects muscles with bone:

The membrane that covers the surface of the bone, containing small blood vessels:

Lightweight bone with small, open spaces found at the ends of longer bones:

A hard layer of bone that contains bone cells and deposits of protein, calcium and phosphorus:

Found in the center of long bones and in the spaces where blood cells are made:

The hips and shoulders are an example of this kind of joint:

The skull contains examples of this kind of joint:

The neck and arms contain this kind of joint:

The elbows and knees contain this kind of joint: