Your Bones
What do all the bones in your body form?
Skeleton
Ball and socket
hinge
pivot
Tissue that moves part of the body.
Muscles
Calcium is a _________ that helps make your bones strong.
Mineral
Bone of the fingers and toes are called
Phalanges
How many bones are in an adult?
About how many in a baby?
206
300
What is an example of a moveable joint, mentioned in the book?
Skull
What are the 3 types of muscles?
Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth
What helps make your bones thicker and stronger?
Exercise
Strong tissue that is part of the skeleton is called?
Cartilage
The bones that protect the spinal column are called?
Vertebrae
What type of joint allows side to side movement?
Pivot
Tissue that connects muscle to bone is called?
Tendon
It allows them to relax and repair themselves.
Bones
What is the inner layer of bone like?
light and spongy
What type of tissue connects bone to bone?
ligament
Muscles that you can control are called? Give 1 example
Muscles that you can't control are called? Give 1 example
Voluntary
Involuntary
What is it called when the joint is twisted to hard?
Fracture
Sprain
There are over how many muscles in your body?
600
What is the jelly like material that creates new blood cells?
Marrow
List the following:
1 Ball & Socket joint
1 pivot joint
1 hinge joint
Hip or Shoulder
Neck
Elbow or Knee
Muscles are designed to do what in order to move?
Contract
When a muscle or tendon is stretched too far it is called?
Strain
What do you need that helps process calcium so it is added to milk?