Functions of the Skeletal System
Across
- 2. Which function talks about 85% of the body’s phosphorous being stored in bone?
- 5. The mandible supports the teeth
- 7. Eighty bones segregated into three regions
- 9. Ribs and sternum protect the lungs and heart.
- 10. The bones of the legs, pelvic girdle, and vertebral column _______ the weight of the erect body.
Down
- 1. The bones of the skull _______ the brain.
- 3. blood cell formation
- 4. Skeletal muscles use the bones as levers to _____ the body.
- 6. All blood cells are made in the marrow of certain bones
- 8. Protects the brain and is the site of attachment for head and neck muscles