Skeleton: The Joints

Ligaments are the tough, fibrous connecting tissue between bones that form joints. Explore this connecting tissue with the 20th video in a series of 47 videos on the human body. The narrator first reviews the anatomy of the skeleton...

How can we bend a fossil? Junior paleontologists explore the joint movements of extinct species in Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology series. The narrator works with a paleontology curator to show the experiments performed on the...

Discover the importance of your skeleton. Its different purposes are described and the various types of bones are shown. The animation in this clip clearly introduces the human skeletal system and its parts. A great resource for your...

We continue our look at bones and the skeletal system with a more detailed look at our axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about the structural and functional classifications of our joints and the major types of body...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the different skeletal joints in the body and understand their function.

Adults' bodies are made of 206 bones, whereas babies have about 300 different bones or areas of cartilage. Pupils explore the difference between exo- and endo- skeletons in a video about the skeletal system. They then see how bones are...

We continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about the structural and functional...

This short movie explains what the skeletal system does and show some of the major bones.

Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human skeletal system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.

In this skeletal system worksheet, students answer 16 questions about the functions of the skeletal system, the groups of bones that make up the skeletal system, the parts of the bones, the joints, the components of the bones and the...