Skeletal System
What is a ligament?
Connects a bone to a bone
Name the three types of muscles.
cardiac, smooth and skeletal muscles
This bone protects your heart and and lungs
rib cage
The arm is made up of three bones - name them
Humerus, radius and the ulna
In the skeletal system your fingers and toes are called__________?
Phalanges
Your skull is also called your
cranium
Describe cardiac muscle 2 marks
This muscle is an involuntary muscle and can be found in the walls of the heart.
Define joints (2 marks)
The place where two bones meet and allow movement called.
Some call this bone the knee cap.
patella
This is an overextending of a ligament
a sprain
Your breast bone is called the...
What is the sternum
Describe skeletal muscle. 2 marks
Voluntary muscle, attached to your bones and allows you to move and have total control of your movement
How many bones does the skeleton system include when your fully grown?
206
This is can be found in the nose and the ear but its not muscle or bone.
cartilage
If you strained the muscle in the back of your upper leg, what is the name of the muscle affected?
hamstring
Name the three bones of the leg
tibia, fibula, femur
List two general functions of the muscular system
Motion/movement – by moving the skeleton/levers of the body
Posture – stabilizing body positions
Regulation of organ volume (e.g., the heart)
Heat production
Protection of internal organs
Describe smooth muscle (2 marks)
Involuntary muscle and found organs and blood vessels.
List two examples of ball and socket joints.
shoulder and hip
If you hurt your muscle that is responsible for arm extension. What muscle did you hurt?
Triceps
What do tendons do?
connect muscle to bone
Antagonistic muscles are paired muscles, describe using correct terms the muscles you use when you do squats.
Quadriceps are the agonist and contract
Hamstrings are the antagonist and relax
List the three general types of joints.
Your fingers, elbows and knees all have this type of joint. Name this specific joint.
Fibrous/fixed, Cartilaginous/slightly moveable, Synovial/freely movable
Hinge Joint
The shin bone is known as ...
tibia
Describe the structure of a long bone, include the name of the head and shaft of the bone and what is inside each of these parts.
Head - epiphysis - contains red bone marrow
Shaft - diaphysis - contains yellow bone marrow