Activity Test Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Aerobic

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An ongoing physical activity that raises your breathing and heart rates; increases the amount of oxygen your body takes in and uses

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Functions of the skeletal system

5 main roles

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Support
Protects internal organs
Movement
Stores material that your body needs (ex. Calcium)
Produces materials that your body needs (blood cells)

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3
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Your skeletal system is made up of how many bones?

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Over 200

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4
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Newborns skeleton=

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Mostly cartilage (Supportive tissue)

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5
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Young adulthood=

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Ossification occurs (cartilage replaced by bone)

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After ossification is complete=

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cells in bones maintain and repair tissue

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Bones consist of 2 different types of tissue

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Compact bone and spongy bone

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What tissue fills the spaces in the bones

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Marrow

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What are the two different types of marrow

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Red and yellow

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10
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Red marrow
Yellow marrow = found in hollow centers of _______________ bones – stores ____________
Joints

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Found in spaces of spongy bone; produces blood cells

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Yellow marrow

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Found in the hollow centers of long bones; stores fat

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Bones are held together at joints by strong, fibrous bands called

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Ligaments

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13
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4 moveable joints

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Pivot joint
Ball-and-socket joint
Hinge joint
Gliding joint

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14
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Joint injuries

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Sprains
Dislocations
Torn cartilage
Overuse injuries

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15
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Sprains

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An overstretched or torn ligament

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16
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Dislocations

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Ends of the bones around a joint are forced out of normal position

17
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Torn cartilage

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Damage to cartilage between joints

18
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2 ways to keep your skeletal system healthy

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Eat well

Exercising

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A condition in which the bones become weak and break easily.

20
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How do muscles work

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They work by contracting (becoming shorter and thicker)

21
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3 types of muscles

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Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal

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Smooth

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Involuntary; cause movement in body (muscles in esophagus, intestines,blood vessels)

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Cardiac

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Involuntary; allows heart to beat and pumps blood

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Skeletal

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Voluntary; attached to the bones of your skeleton (tendons)

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Tendons
Tissue that connects muscle to bones
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Types of muscle injuries
Strains | Tendonitis
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Strains
A pulled muscle - when overworked or stretched too much or too quickly (Sometimes muscle fibers rip = torn muscle)
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Tendonitis
Overuse of tendons | Ex. Tennis elbow, hand held control (video games)
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How does your nervous system work? (278)
Your nervous system receives information about what is going on inside and outside of your body. Then it processes the information and forms a response to it.
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Sensory neurons
Gather information about your external and internal environment through your sense organs or other parts of your body
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Name the 3 types of Neurons (279)
Sensory neurons Interneurons Motor neurons
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What are the 2 major divisions of the Nervous system? (280)
Brain and spinal cord
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The CNS includes the Brain and the Spinal Cord. Name the 3 major regions of the brain
Cerebrum Cerebellum Brain stem