No Bones About It
Movin' Muscles
Physical Biology
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100
A baby has approximately ________ bones.
What is 275?
100
Unlike cardiac muscles and skeletal muscles, smooth muscles do not have this feature.
What are striations?
100
When you lift your chin, tilting your head back you are using this kind of lever.
What is a first class lever?
100
One function of melanin is.
What is to give skin its color?
100
Identify the four types of joints in the skeletal system we’ve studied AND give an example of each.
What is 1. One type of joint is the ball and socket joint which is located in your shoulder as well as in your hip. 2. Another type of joint is a glide joint. Your wrists are glide joints. 3. A pivot joint is located where your neck meets your skull. 4. The last type of joint is a hinge joint. Your elbows and knees are hinge joints?
200
An adult has this many bones.
What is 206?
200
One organ which has smooth muscle tissue is...
What is stomach (or any digestive organ)?
200
In physics to do work is to cause something to do this.
What is move?
200
The openings in the skin through which perspiration exits the body are called this.
What are pores?
200
Identify the three types of muscle and the function of each.
What is: 1. Cardiac muscle helps your heart pump blood throughout your body. 2. Skeletal muscle allows muscles to move. 3. Smooth muscle powers involuntary actions such as digestion and the flowing of blood through veins?
300
These strong connective tissues connect bones to muscles.
What are tendons?
300
____________ muscle can contract repeatedly without tiring.
What is cardiac muscle?
300
A fixed point around which a lever rotates is called this.
What is a fulcrum?
300
These skin structures help us to maintain a consistent body temperature.
What are sweat glands?
300
Describe four habits to help keep your skin healthy.
What are: 1. Eat healthy foods. 2. Stay hydrated by drinking water. 3. Limit sun exposure and wear sunscreen. 4. Keep your skin clean and dry?
400
This part of the bone produces blood cells.
What is red marrow?
400
_____________ muscle tires very quickly.
What is skeletal muscle?
400
When you lift your lower arm you are using this kind of lever.
What is a third class lever?
400
This is the name of the outermost layer of skin.
What is the epidermis?
400
How can you prevent muscle or tendon injuries? Explain at least two ways to prevent injuries to these tissues.
What are: 1. Warm up before exercising. 2. Use proper safety equipment during sports and outdoor activities. 3. Stretch muscles to improve flexibility?
500
List as many functions of the skeleton as you can. Team(s) with the most valid answers will receive points.
What are: 1. Provides shape and support, 2. Enables you to move, 3. Protects your internal organs, 4. Produces blood cells, and 5. Stores materials (like fat, Calcium, or Phosphorous)?
500
Compare and contrast skeletal muscles and cardiac muscles. Name at least one similarity and at least one difference between the two types of muscle tissue.
What is: Both are striated and assist with motion in the body. Differences: Cardiac muscle is involuntary whereas skeletal muscle is voluntary. Skeletal muscles work with bones to allow movement, but cardiac muscle is found only in the heart?
500
In a bone-muscle lever system identify the following parts: the fulcrum, the lever, and source of the input force.
What are: fulcrum = the joint, lever = the bone, and muscles = input force?
500
List as many functions of the skin as you can. Team(s) with the most valid answers gets the points.
What are: 1. Covers body, 2. Prevents water loss, 3. Protects body from injury and illness, 4. Eliminates wastes (through sweat), 5. Produces Vitamin D, 6. Gathers information about the environment, 7. Regulates body temperature?
500
Explain what happens to the bone tissue of a person with osteoporosis. What can you do as a teenager to prevent osteoporosis later in life?
What is: The bone tissue deteriorates in an individual with osteoporosis. This means the tissue becomes weaker and more vulnerable to breaks or fractures. Eating calcium rich foods and exercising regularly can prevent this disease later in life.?
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