Skeletal System
What is the function of the skeletal system?
To give your body shape or help you stand.
What do muscles do?
Make you strong or help you move.
What is the function of the nervous system?
To send messages from your brain to other parts of your body.
How many bones are in your body?
206
About how many muscles do you have in your body?
About 650
About how many nerves do you have in your body?
About a billion
Calcium
Which type of muscles do you control by thinking about making them move?
Voluntary muscles
Nerves help you use your senses. Name all 5 senses.
Sight, touch, taste, smell, hear
What is inside bones that makes red blood cells?
bone marrow
Which muscles work automatically without even thinking about it?
Involuntary Muscles
What is the doctor testing when she taps your knee with a rubber tool?
Your reflexes
Joint
About how much of your weight comes from muscles?
About half
What are the highways that nerves send their messages on called?
Dendrites