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Skeletal System Word Search
11 words · 11×11 grid
How to play: click (or tap) the first letter, drag to the last letter, then release. Words go in any direction, including backwards. Or download the PDF to solve on paper.
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Babies are born with about 300 bones and adults have 206, because the SKULL plates and the long bones fuse as CARTILAGE turns to bone. The FEMUR ends up the longest, the stirrup in the ear the smallest, and the MARROW inside the big ones makes a few billion blood cells a day. This word puzzle names the pieces a health class labels first: SPINE, RIBS, PELVIS, TIBIA, and the JOINT and LIGAMENT that let them move.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the body need CALCIUM for bones?
Bone is a living mineral store. Calcium makes it hard, and when the blood runs low the body borrows from the skeleton, which is why intake matters most in the teenage years.
Is this skeletal system word search good for a labeling lesson?
Use it after. Once students have labeled a diagram, the grid turns the same eleven names into a five minute review they can check against the answer key.
