Musculoskeletal System

1. Muscles can ____ but not push.
4. How many bones in an adult body?
6. What is the name of the bone that covers your head?
7. Ligaments hold bones together at the _______.
8. What does the musculoskeletal system support?
9. What allows bones to move?
10. What do the specialized muscle cells allow the muscle to do when signaled by nerve cells?
11. ______ works as a cushion between our vertebrae and our joints.
13. The musculoskeletal system is made up of what?
15. What does the musculoskeletal system protect?
16. Bone _______ produces red and white blood cells.

1. What are the main two minerals found in bone tissue?
2. The cardiac muscle is located where?
3. What type of connective tissue does the skeleton consist of other than bones and cartilage?
5. Ligaments are mostly made up of long fibers of ________?
12. The skeletal muscle allows movement because it is attached to bones by ________.
14. The muscles located in the intestines are _________?