Bone Basics
How many individual bones make up an adult human skeleton?
What is 206?
Question: What smooth, rubbery tissue acts as a shock absorber at joints to prevent bones from rubbing together?
What is cartilage?
Muscle tissue attached to bones that you consciously control is classified under this term.
What are voluntary (or skeletal) muscles?
Which two major structures combine to form the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
What are the brain and spinal cord?
What are the three primary sources of middle school conflicts introduced in the conflict curriculum?
What are Self, Stuff, and Space (the 3 S's)?
What is the hard, dense outer layer of a bone called that gives it strength?
What is compact bone?
What connective tissue connects bones directly to other bones to keep joints stable?
What are ligaments?
What unique involuntary muscle tissue is found exclusively in the walls of the heart?
What is cardiac muscle?
What is the largest part of the brain, responsible for higher-level thinking, memory, speech, and voluntary decisions?
What is the cerebrum?
In conflict resolution, what term describes a outcome where both people work together or compromise so everyone leaves satisfied?
What is a Win-Win outcome?
Located inside the hollow center of large bones, this jelly-like tissue acts as a factory producing millions of red blood cells daily.
What is bone marrow?
What type of joint is found in your knees and elbows, allowing back-and-forth movement in one direction?
What is a hinge joint?
Name the type of involuntary muscle found lining the walls of internal organs like the stomach and intestines.
What is smooth muscle?
Located at the back of the brain, this region coordinates voluntary movements, posture, and physical balance.
What is the cerebellum?
How should you convert an accusatory statement like "You always ruin my stuff!" into a constructive communication tool?
What is by using an "I" Statement (e.g., "I feel frustrated when my stuff gets ruined because I worked hard on it")?
Name two essential structural elements or minerals that make up dynamic, living bone tissue alongside active cells.
What are collagen and calcium?
What tough, flexible cords connect skeletal muscles directly to bones?
What are tendons?
Name the large leg muscles located on the front and back of the thigh responsible for straightening and bending the knee.
What are the quadriceps (front) and hamstrings (back)?
Which specific type of neurons gathers information from internal organs and external senses to send signals up to the brain?
What are sensory neurons?
Rather than viewing conflict as an inherently bad or negative event, how does the peer mediation curriculum encourage students to view conflict when it arises?
What is an opportunity for growth or change?
Besides providing shape/support and allowing movement, what is the key protective function of the skeletal system?
What is protecting internal organs (e.g., heart, lungs, brain)?
Because muscles can only pull and cannot push, how do skeletal muscles work to move body parts back and forth?
What is in opposing pairs (or contracting and relaxing together, like biceps and triceps)?
Approximately how many individual muscles exist within the human body?
What is over 600?
What automatic, emergency pathway bypasses conscious brain processing to protect the body from danger (such as pulling your hand away from a hot burner)?
What is a reflex (or reflex arc)?
What are some body language cues that show a person is mad?
What are crossed arms, rolling eyes, avoiding eye contact, or slumping posture?