Structure and Support

Muscular System

100

How many muscles are there? 

Over 700

200

What are the three types of muscle tissues? 

Cardiac, Skeletal, Smooth

300

Describe Smooth Tissue and give an example

Contracts involuntary

Non-striated

Stomach 

400

Describe Cardiac Muscle Tissues and give an example

Contracts involuntarily 

Striated

Found in the heart muscle

Activated by brain or hormones

500

Describe Skeletal muscle tissue and give an example

Contracts voluntarily 

Striated

Connected to bones of the skeletal system

Controlled by the somatic nervous system 

Skeletal System

100

What is stored in the skeletal system?

Calcium

200

Name one function of the skeletal system.

Protects

Supports

Stores Minerals

300

Can bones move on their own? Explain.

No, bones cannot move on their own. They rely on skeletal muscles to move the bones. These are voluntary movements. 

400

How many bones are there?

206

500

What would happen if our body did not have bones?

Answers will vary. 

Joints

100

What are the three types of joints?

Ball and socket, hinge, pivot

200

Give an example of a ball and socket joint?

Hips

Shoulder

300

Give an example of a hinge joint?

Fingers, elbows, knees

400

Give an example of a pivot joint?

Neck

Lower arm below the elbow

500

What would happen if our bodies did not have joints?

Answers may vary. 

Nervous System

100

What are the two types of Nervous Tissue?

Nuerons

Nueroglia

200

What percentage of cells do neurons make up?

10 %

300

What do neurons do?

Convert stimuli to impulses

400

Which nervous tissue can regenerate after injury?

Neuroglia

500

What would happen if humans did not have a nervous system?

We wouldn't feel anything!