Vocabulary
Soft, gel-like padding between bones that protects joints and facilitates movements
What is Cartilage
There are 206 of these in your body
What are bones?
A body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion
What is a muscle?
A type of automatic response to your environment.
What is a reflex?
Who is Norfolk?
Weakening and Shrinking of muscles
What is Atrophy
When a bone breaks and pierces through the skin
What is a compound fracture?
This body part is a cardiac muscle
What is the heart?
Occurs when under certain conditions, a person's brain may experience sudden, uncontrolled nerve impulses.
What is a seizure?
A koala averages this much sleep during the day.
What is 18 hours.
Painful swelling and irritation of tendons as a result of overuse.
What is Tendonitis
Significant Mineral loss in bones often leads to...
What is Osteoporosis?
How long muscles can contract without tiring.
What is muscular endurance?
A person with this type of injury would be unable to feel or move certain body parts.
What is paralysis?
This animal is the only mammal that can't jump.
What is an elephant
The basic unit of the nervous system that carries messages, or impulses, from one part of your body to another.
What is Neuron
Holds bones together
Connects muscle to bone/joint
What is a tendon.
Made up of the brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system?
The US and China Tied with 40 gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, this country finished 3rd.
What is Japan
Coordinates your body's movements and helps you keep your balance
What is Cerebellum
This type of joint allows you to turn your head.
What is a pivot joint?
Weakening and shrinking of muscles.
What is Atrophy?
Links the body to the brain or nervous system
What is the peripheral nervous system?
Which female artist has the most Grammy wins of all time
Who is Beyonce?