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The Skeletal System
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(1)  The smooth, hard outer part of each bone is called___________bone.

(2)  The inner part of the bone that looks like a sponge is called___________bone.

(3)  The innermost area of the bone that looks like thick jelly is the________________.  This is where red blood cells are produced.

(4)  The human body has approximately________bones.

(5)  Soft, flexible bone is called________________.

(6)  The human spine is made of 33 ring shaped bones called____________.

(7)  95% of people have_______pairs of ribs.  They are all attachedin the back to the spine.

(8)  The____________has 30 different bones.  Its function to protect the brain and give a shape to the face.

(10)  The shoulder blade is called the________________.

(11)  Each arm has three bones:  the_____________, the_____________and
the ______________.

(12)  The____________protects the digestive system and is attached to the legs.

(13)  The longest bone in the body goes from the pelvis to the knee.  It is called the
_______________.

(14)  The two leg bones located beneath the knee are the______________and
the______________.

(15)  Two bones meet at a______________.

(16)  Two types of moving joints are a_____________joint and a _____________
joint.