Question | Answer |
Why is the skeletal system important? | It support and protects the body, works with muscles to provide movement for the body,and produces red blood cells in bone marrow |
What system controls movement? | Nervous System |
Tissues are made up of | Cells |
What is the largest bone in the body? | Femur |
Locomotion is necessary to | obtain shelter, to find food and reproduce |
Skeletal muscle is | striated and voluntary |
An example of a striated muscle is | The biceps and triceps
The hamstrings and quadriceps |
What bone protects the brain | The Cranium |
The spinal cord is protected by the | Vertebrae |
Which 3 body systems help your body move? | Nervous, Skeletal and Muscular Systems |
Why are joints necessary? | For movement |
Explain how antagonistic muscle pairs work. | One muscle contracts while the other muscle relaxes and extends. |
Cardiac Muscle makes up the | heart and is involuntary |
Smooth muscle | is involuntary, controls blood pressure and the movement of food through the digestive tract. |
The ball and socket joint allows for | complete circular motion |
The levels of organization for living things from smallest to largest is | cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism |
Before you were born, what was your skeleton in the form of | Cartilage |
Where can you find a hinge joint? | elbows and knees |
Where can you find a gliding joint? | wrist and ankles
between vertebrae |
Where can you find a pivot joint ? | neck |