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How many bones are in your body?

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206

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What is the name of your body’s framework.

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Skeleton

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What are the tough fibers or cords that hold the bones together?

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Ligaments

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What are the places where the bones come together called?

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Joints

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4
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Which joints swing back and forth?

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Hinge joints

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Which joints allow you to move your arms and legs in any direction?

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Ball-and-socket joints

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Which joint lets you move your head from side to side?

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Pivot

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Name the three kinds of joints in your body.

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Hinge joints
Ball-and-socket joints
Pivot joint

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What is the name of your body’s main support?

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Spinal column

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What are the names of the small bones that make up the spinal column?

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Vertebrae

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10
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What bones protect your heart and lungs

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Rib cage

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What bone are all the ribs (except the lowest ones on each side) attached to?

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Sternum

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12
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What is another name for the collarbone

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Clavicle

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13
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What is another name for the shoulder blade?

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Scapula

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14
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What part of the skeleton protects your brain?

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Skull

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15
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What are the eight flat bones that enclose your brain called?

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Cranium

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16
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What are the only facial bones that move?

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Lower jaw bone

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17
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What are the wrist bones called?

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Carpals

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18
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What are the three tiny bones that make up each of your fingers called?

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Phalanges

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19
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What are the names of the bones in your palm?

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Metacarpals

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20
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How many bones make up the adult spinal column?

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33

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21
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How many muscles do you have?

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Over 600

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22
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What are muscles connected to the skeleton called?

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Skeletal muscles

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What is the muscle on your forehead that raises your eyebrows?

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Frontalis

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What muscles extend from your cheekbones down to your chin?
Masseters
25
Name two kinds of facial muscles
Frontalis and massaters
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What muscle helps you move your scapula?
Trapezius
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What muscles is on the front of the upper leg?
Quadriceps
28
Where are your triceps?
Triceps
29
What are the muscles connected to the bones called?
Tendons
30
How does a muscle do its work?
By pulling
31
What kind of nerves carry messages from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles
Motor nerves
32
What kind of muscles move when you want them to?
Voluntary muscles
33
What are the names of muscles that you cannot control the movement of?
Involuntary muscles
34
What is the name of heart muscle?
Cardiac muscle
35
What is the process by which air enters and leaves your body?
External respiration
36
What waste gas is given all when your body breaks down food for heat and energy?
Carbon dioxide
37
What is the sunshine vitamin?
Vitamin D
38
What is the sticky fluid given off by the mucous membrane called?
Mucus
39
What are the four pair of cavities in the front of your school called
Sinuses
40
What are the tiny hair like forms in the air passageway called?
Cilia
41
What are located at the back of the nasal passage
Adenoids
42
What is located at the back of your mouth?
Tonsils
43
What is another name for your throat?
Pharynx
44
What is another name for your voice box?
Larynx
45
What are the two branches that the trachea divides into called
Bronchi
46
What are the smallest tubes that end in tiny air sacs called
Bronchioles
47
What is another name for your windpipe?
Trachea
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What is the muscle which separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity
Diaphragm
49
What is the major purpose of the respiratory system?
Exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air in the blood.
50
What is the worst disease that is caused by smoking?
Lung cancer
51
Exercises that help your lungs to use more air with less efforts?
Aerobics
52
The process by which a body produces and uses energy from food?
Metabolism
53
Name a leg bone
Femur
54
Name a wrist bone
Carpel
55
Name the breastbone
Sternum
56
Name and arm bone
Humurus
57
Name the collarbone
Clavicle
58
Name the shoulder blade
Scapula
59
Name the long bone of the foot
Metatarsals
60
Name the flat bones of the skull
Cranium
61
Name one bone of the spinal column
Vertebra
62
An ankle bone
Tarsals
63
The finger or toe bones
Philanges
64
A long bone of the hand
Metacarpals
65
Define a habit
Something you do without thinking about
66
Define joint
The places where the bones come together
67
Define ligament
Tough fibers or cords that hold the bones together
68
Define posture
The way you hold your body when you sit stand or move about
69
define rib cage
Thin bones to protect your heart and lungs
70
Define skeleton
The framework for your body
71
Why is good posture important?
The parts of your body are in position to do the work God designed them to do.
72
Identify the muscle at the back of the upper arm.
Tricep
73
Identify muscle at the front of the upper arm
Bicep
74
A facial muscle that raises the eyebrows
Frontalis
75
A muscle which extends from the cheekbone to the chin
Masseters
76
A large skeletal muscle which moves the scapula
Trapezius
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Involuntary muscle
Heart
78
The muscle in front of the Upper leg
Quadriceps
79
The muscles in the back of the upper leg
Hamstring
80
Define aerobic exercise
Stay active for 15 more minutes or more without rest
81
Define strain
Any damage to a muscle that causes pain
82
Define Cramp
Pain caused by overworking the muscle
83
Define endurance
Ability to keep On
84
Define limber
Able to bend easily
85
Define muscle tone
Steady contraction
86
Define tendon
White fibers or cords that connect muscles to bones
87
How are all movements in your body made?
Muscles
88
How many muscles are in the human body
Over 600
89
Why do muscles work in pairs?
One contracts while the other relaxes
90
How can muscles be made stronger?
Isometrics
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Why are skeletal muscles also referred to as voluntary muscles
Because you can make them move
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List five benefits of regular exercise.
Builds strong muscles, builds endurance, Helps to train your mind, improves your appetite and helps your body to digest and use the food you eat, Your muscle lungs and other organs work together more efficiently, you are able to sleep better at night, Helps your body get rid of waste material

4th Grade health (3 decks)

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