Health Problems
Types of joints
Interactive Learning
Parts of the System
Jobs of Structures
100
A ligament is stretched too far.
What is a sprain?
100
A joint that doesn't really move.
What is a fixed joint?
100

Locate a part of the body where the hinge joint is located on the skeleton model.

The kneecap.

100

A hard substance that forms the framework of the bodies of animals with backbones, including humans.

What is a bone?

100

Skeletal muscles pull on bones to produce _______

What is Movement?

200
Muscle or tendon is torn or overstretched
What is a strain?
200
A joint that moves like a door closing.
What is a hinge joint?
200
Locate an area where a fixed joint is located on the skeletal model. Look up!
The skull!
200
A place where two or more bones meet.
What are joints?
200

Your heart and lungs are ________ by ribs, your spinal cord is ______ by vertebrae.

What is protected (protection)?

300
When tendons become inflamed through exercising too much with a torn tendon.
What is tendinitis?
300
A joint that moves around like a joystick for a game.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
300
Locate a ball-and-socket joint on the skeleton model. Think of a joystick!
The shoulder!
300
Special tissues that stretch and relax to help you where you need to go.
What are muscles?
300

the bones expand and get thicker to ______ and bear your weight.

What is support?

400
When joints well or stiffen. Older people are more likely to get this.
What is arthritis?
400
A bone that overlaps, or glides over other bones.
What is a gliding joint?
400
Please show me evidence of support in the skeletal model.
The heelbone. It is thick and big because it supports your weight when you walk.
400
tough convective tissue the connects muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
400
The heelbone is big and thick for
What is support?
500
A disease that causes bones to become less dense. They become weak and break more easily.
What is osteoporosis?
500
A bone that pivots around another bone.
What is a pivot joint?
500
Show me in the skeletal model where is a pivot joint.
In the head/neck area
500
cushions where bones join. Covers bone ends. Feel the tip of your nose!
What is cartilage?
500
Your spinal cord is protected by vertebrae and your brain is protected by the skull.
What is protection?
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