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All about bones and muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Some of the muscle fibers (or ligaments) tear or overstretch | Microtear |
| All of the muscle fibers (or tendons, ligaments) usually requiring surgery to reattach | Complete tear |
| This reduces the swelling in a strained or torn muscle | Ice |
| This keeps the muscle warm and prevents it from overstretching | Compression |
| When a bone breaks through the skin | Compound Fracture |
| A crack across a bone that does not protrude from the skin or peel change the alignment of a bone | Simple Fracture |
| When a bone partially breaks and peels at the edge | Greenstick Fracture |
| This joint allows you to twist 180 degrees (neck, wrist, foot) | Pivot Joint |
| This joint doesn’t move (skull) | Fixed Joint |
| This joint allows you to move 360 degrees (shoulder and leg) | Ball and Socket |
| This joint allows you to move 90 degrees (elbow and knee) | Hinge |
| This tendon connects the heel bone (calceneus) to gastrocnomes | Achilles Tendon |
| This tendon connects the knee bone (patella) to lower leg muscles and is often injured in athletes making quick cuts | Patellar Tendon |
| This ligament connects the femur to the tibia | Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
| Arm curls is a focused workout for this muscle | Biceps |
| Twists are a focused workout for this muscle | External Obliques |
| Sit-ups are a focused workout for these muscles | Rectus Abdominus |
| Leg extensions are a focused workout for this muscle | Quadriceps |
| Shoulder shrugs are a focused workout for this muscle | Trapezius |
| Leg curls are a focused workout for this muscle | Hamstrings |
| Squats are a focused workout for this muscle | Gluteus Maximus |
| This type of muscle is found your digestive system | Smooth Muscle |
| This type of muscle allows us to lift things and throw things | Skeletol Muscle (Striated Muscle) |
| This type of muscle helps to pump blood through the body | Heart Muscle |
| These bones protect the heart and lungs | ribs |
| This is the longest bone in the body | femur |
| These bones are just below the radius and ulna in the hand | carpals |
| This bone, located in the arm is sometimes a little funny | humerus |
| These bones protect the spinal cord | vertebrae |
| The larger of the lower leg bones, below the femur | tibia |
| This bone connects to the thumb side of your lower arm | radius |
| This bone connects to the pinky side of your lower arm | ulna |
| Your humerus connects to this bone via a ball and socket joint | scapula |
| To get to your heart, surgeons must cut through this bone in your chest | sternum |
| Your jaw bone is called | mandible |
| Your femur connects to this bone with a ball and socket joint | pelvis |