Unit 7 Review Flashcards
The skeletal system has three main jobs: support, movement and ….
Protection of internal organs
Which system is made up of bones, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments?
Skeletal system
What type of skeletal tissue covers the ends of bones to keep them from rubbing against each other as the body moves?
Cartilage
The bones of your skeleton meet at ….
Joints
Bones are held together at joints, like your wrist, by stretchy tissue called …
Ligaments
A band of tough tissue that connects a muscle to a bone is called a …
Tendons
True or False
Cells form tissues, tissues form organs, organs form body systems, and systems work together to make up the human body.
True
Name the type of joint where your shoulder and upper arm meet.
Describe how it moves
The upper arm and shoulder meet at a ball-and-socket joint. This allows the arm to swing in a cirdle
Your upper and lower leg meet at a joint called the knee.
Name this type of joint and describe how it moves
The upper and lower leg meet at a hinge joint. which allows the bones to move backward and forward in only one direction
The top of your spine and the bottom of your head meet at a joint.
Name this type of joint and describe how it moves when you shake your head to tell someone “No”
This joint is called a pivot joint.
It allows the head to move in a circular path like a swivel chair
Which of your body systems is made up of bones that all fit together to give you shape and help you stand tall?
Skeletal system
What bones curve around your chest to protect your heart and lungs?
Ribs
As a baby grows, cartilage ….
is replaced by bone
What function does the skull serve for the skeleton
Protection
True or False
The phalanges of the hands and feet help the skeleton move
True
Which bone provides mostly support for the skeleton?
a) femur
b) skull
c) clavicle
d) sternum
femur
Your vertebrae, or backbone, run along your back from the base of your skull to below your waist. The shape of each vertebra can best be described as :
irregular
Your femur is a bone that starts at your pelvis and ends at your knee. Its shape can best be described as:
Long
Name bones which function is to support
Vertebra Femur Ribs Pelvis Tibia
Name bones which function is to protect
Skull
Ribs
Patellas
Spinal Vertebra
Name bones which function is to help movement
Carpals (Legs): - Feet Phalanges - Femur - Fibula - Tibia
(Arms):
- Hand Phalanges
- Umerus
- Radius
- Ulna
What are three types of joints?
- Ball-in-sock joint (moves in all directions, circle)
- Hinge joint (moves backward and forward)
- Pivot joint (moves in a circular path)
There are two types of bone tissue compact and …
Spongy
How does the structure of bones make bones both strong and light?
They are hard on the outside and hollow in the middle
