Skeletal System
Why is dairy important to our bones?
Chapter 2 page 12
Dairy products like cheese have calcium in them. Calcium is good for the bones.
Approximately how many muscles are in the human body?
Chapter 3 page 20
About 650
About how many nerves do you have in your body?
Chapter 5 page 32
about billion
Name three parts of the eye and explain their functions.
Chapter 7 page 56
Answers may vary
How do people are deaf communicate?
Chapter 9 page 70 and 71
They use sign language and read lips
Think about the tibia and fibula. Which one is smaller? How did Dr. Bones help us remember that?
Chapter 12 Reader´s Theater page 98
Fibula is smaller!
A fib is a little lie and the fibula is a little bone in the leg.
Muscles are classified into two types. What are the types? Please give an example of each.
Chapter 3 pages 22 and 23
Voluntary muscles like the skeletal muscles and involuntary muscles like the digestive muscles
Describe a nerve cell.
Chapter 5 page 36
The nerve cells have long stringy parts called dendrites. The center of the cell is called the cell body.
The text says that the eye does not really see objects. What does the eye actually see?
Chapter 7 page 58
Light that reflects off objects
Chapter 9 page 77
Braille
What do bone marrow cells do?
Chapter 2 page 14
They pump out red blood cells. Then, the red blood cells carry oxygen all around the body.
What are joints cushioned by? What would it be like without this soft tissue between joints?
Chapter 4 page 26
Cartilage
Without cartilage the bones would rub and bang up against each other
What is a reflex? What might cause a reflex?
Chapter 5 page 39
A reflex is a reaction that happens automatically without thinking. A hot stove may cause a reflex if you accidentally touch it.
Chapter 8 page 64
outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear
Summarize who Ray Charles is in three sentences
Chapter 10 page 78
Name eight bones in our skeletal system and say where they are
Chapter 1 pages 3-11
Answers may vary
What is the difference between a tendon and a ligament?
Chapter 4 pages 28 and 29
A tendon attaches bone to muscle
A ligament attaches bone to bone
What does the medulla do?
Chapter 6 page 45
The medulla controls the important involuntary actions of the body like breathing, heartbeat, and digestion.
Why is the ear canal lined with tiny hairs and wax?
Chapter 8 page 64
Protection from germs
What was the breakthrough that Helen and her teacher had?
Chapter 10 page 82
Annie tried to teach Helen the word water.
Chapter 2 page 16
When you aim x-ray light at your body, some parts of your body absorb a lot of x-rays but some do not. Your bones are hard so they absorb a lot of x-ray light while soft tissue around the bones do not.
Who is Achilles ?
Chapter 4 Page 30
A Greek warrior
What are the functions of the left-brain?
Analytic thought, logic, language, reasoning, science, math, writing, number skill, right-hand control.
Describe the cochlea. What is the function of the cochlea?
Chapter 8 page 66
The cochlea is a coil shaped like a snail shell. The cochlea is lined with hair which are connected to the nerves. Sound waves cause the hairs to vibrate and then the nerves send messages to the brain.
Summarize Helen Keller´s life in 5 sentences
Chapter 10 pages 80-84