Tendons and Skeletal Functions
What is it that allows movement?
Your Skeleton and Muscles
What is the main task of muscles?
To move bones
How can a bad diet affect bones? (No need to be specific)
A bad diet can cause your bones to weaken due to a lack of minerals
What does the Skeleton Support?
Muscles
What are Antagonistic Muscles?
Muscles that work tougher to move bones with one contract while the other relaxes
How many bones are in a human body?
206
What do tendons do?
They connect a muscles to bones
What are the 3 types of muscles
Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal
What are the 3 types of connective tissue?
Bone, Ligaments and Cartilage
Which vital organs are protected by skeletal functions?
skull protects brain, ribs protect heart and lungs, spine protects spinal cord
How many muscles are in the human body?
600
what do Cartilage do?
a protective cushion and reducing friction between bones
What helps create blood cells (Skeletal Functions)?
Bone marrow in large bones
What are muscles made of, be specific?
Made of bundles of long cells called muscle fibres that contain specialized proteins
What do Ligaments do?
Hold bones and movable joints together which limits joint movement