Joint
Allows movement in MANY directions
Ball and Socket Joint
Protects the brain
Skull
Connects the muscle to the bone
tendon
nutrient that makes your bones strong and card
calcium
The muscle that helps you stand on your tippy toes!
Calf
A joint that allows you to move back and forth like a door
Hinge joint
33 bones in your back, protects your spinal cord
Vertebrae
Injury when a JOINT is twisted too far
sprain
God designed bones to store these and release them later when needed....
minerals
The muscle you flex in the "big guy" song
biceps
Where two bones meet but do not move
Immovable joint (skull for example)
Protect the knee joint
Patella
2 ways to maintain healthy bones and muscles
good nutrition and exercise
Vitamin that we get from the sun (helps with calcium absorption)
Vitamin D
The muscle in your upper leg that makes your run fast
Quad or quadriceps
Pivot joint
allows you to move from side to side
In the center of your chest, protecting your heart
Sternum
Muscles you CAN NOT control
involuntary muscles (heart for example)
This nutrient that builds and repairs muscles
protein
The muscle that helps you stop when you are running fast (back of your thigh)
hamstring
Type of joint your knee is
hinge joint
Protects your intestines and helps you walk!
pelvis
Tissue that connects bone to bone
Ligament
bread, cereal and rice for example
carbohydrate
The muscles that most people know as a "six pack"
abs or abdominals