The Skeletal System: Suggested Guiding Questions
Why can we consider bones alive?
What is a skeleton?
Where is our skeleton?
Why do we need a skeleton?
What does it mean to say that most animals’ bones are symmetrical?
How is our skeleton different from the skeletons on bugs, lobsters and crabs?
What does our skeleton do for our body?
How many bones does a human skeleton have?
What are skeletal bones made of?
How many parts do most bones consist of?
What does the outer layer of most bones contain?
What is the inner most layer of bone like, and what is it called?
What is the inner most layer of bone made up of?
About how many bones is a human baby born with, and how do adults end up with a total of
206 bones?
What are attached to our bones, and how do they work together with our bones to help us?
What is the smallest bone in a human body?
What do sharks have instead of bones?
What animal has the largest skeleton?
What is the largest bone archeologists have ever found?
What are fossils?
What do our bones look like inside our body?
What, and where, is compact bone?
What, and where, is spongy bone?
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The Skeletal System: Suggested Guiding Questions
Why are our bones so light?
How are our bones so light?
How does the weight of an animal’s bones determine what it can do?
What do ligaments do?
Where do our bones connect?
What are the main types of joints in our skeletal system?
What types of joints act like doors?
What joint allows you to have a wider range of movement?
What bone protects your brain?
How many bones are in your skull?
What advantage do animals with skulls have over animals without skulls?
What is the cranium, and how many bones does it have?
Why do skulls look like they are missing the noses?
What does decomposition mean?
What series of small bones is below the skull, and supports the body?
How are a giraffe’s neck bones similar to a human’s neck bones?
What is a spinal cord?
How many vertebrae does your body have?
What does the lower vertebrae form?
What are the bowl shaped bones between your hips called, and what do they do?
What part of our skeleton protects our heart and lungs?
How many bones are in the rib cage?
What are ribs?
How does our rib cage allow us to breathe?
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The Skeletal System: Suggested Guiding Questions
What animal has the most pairs of ribs?
How are we able to raise our arms?
What is our upper arm called?
How do we and animals use our forearms?
What bones make up our forearm?
How many bones are in our hand?
What are the bones called that are in our fingers?
What are metacarpals?
What bones form the wrist?
What is our longest, heaviest, and strongest bone? Why does this bone have to be the
strongest?
What are the bones in our lower leg called, and which one carries most of our weight?
What does the femur help us and animals do?
What is a kneecap, and how does it connect to the rest of our skeleton?
How many bones make up a person’s foot?
What are the bones in our toes called and what purposes do they serve?
How can we help keep our bones from breaking?
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