What is a vaccine?
Something that helps a body fight a disease.
Why are Bats so important?
They eat insects and they are pollinators and disperse seeds.
What do we use for voluntary movement?
Skeletal Muscles
Biceps
Lies on the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow
What are the 3 types of medals given out at the Olympic Games?
gold, silver and bronze
What is a species?
A group of living things that are similar enough to one another that they can create offspring together.
When nerves and muscles don’t communicate well, what happens?
Neuromuscular diseases - when your nerves cannot properly control your muscles.
What attaches muscles to bones?
Tendons
Hamstrings
any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee.
Which word is used for a family of lions?
a pride
What is a Mutation?
A change that affects behavior or development.
Show me an example of a type of movement and name it!
Abduction & Adduction (Abduct - move away from body, Adduct - move back towards body)
What are muscle fibers?
Muscle cells which are long string-like cells. These cells are bunched up into tight bundles, almost like if you held a bunch of pencils in your hand.
Deltoids
uppermost part of the arm and the top of the shoulder
"Hakuna Matata" is a Swahili phrase used in the movie The Lion King. What does it mean?
no worries
What is a Zoonotic Disease?
A disease that jumps between different species.
What can happen to animals and humans when too many trees are cut down?
Animals are starting to crowd together in a smaller area. There are more stressed because they have more competition for food/shelter and have less space to live in. Some animals are even leaving the forest to find food (and are now near people).
Note that there are more people in the area where animals live. This is an area where zoonotic diseases can easily “spill over” and spread between people and animals.
How are muscles controlled?
Nerves! Nerves tell muscles when and how to move.
Quadriceps
the large muscle at the front of the thigh, which is divided into four distinct portions and acts to extend the leg.
How many chambers does your heart have?
four
What is One Health?
The connection between human, animal and environmental health.
How does climate change affect humans, animals and the environment?
Climate change can further shrink an animal’s habitat and lead to species extinction by changing what plants grow in the area or make the temperature unsuitable for life for that (animal or plant) species. Climate change affects animals, people and plants in this way.
What is the basic action of all muscles?
Muscles tighten when they contract, producing tension, then return to relaxed, tensionless state.
Obliques
They are located on the sides of the abdominals
What street is our gate entrance on for people returning to school in the afternoons?
Alcatraz Avenue