Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

What are muscles?

Answer 1

Muscles are connected to the bones of a skeleton, muscle of the heart, muscles in the digestive tract and blood vessels.

Question 2

What is a tendon?

Answer 2

Connect muscles to bones

Question 3

What are ligaments?

Answer 3

Attach bones to bones

Question 4

What is the function of cartlige

Answer 4

For structure, attachment and to protect the ends of bones

Question 5

What are bones?

Answer 5

A hard, rigid living tissue, bones can break and heal

Question 6

What are the 5 functions of the musculoskeletal system?

Answer 6

1.movement (locomotion)
2.protection of internal organs
3.support
4.mineral storage (calcium and phosphate)
5.produces blood cells

Question 7

What minerals does the musculoskeletal system store?

Answer 7

Calcium and phosphate

Question 8

What are the processes of the musculoskeletal system?

Answer 8

Contraction and relaxation of the muscles
The muscles work in pairs to pull on bones to allow movement

Question 9

What are the muscles that pull on bones in pairs called?

Answer 9

Antagonistic muscles

Question 10

How to antagonistic muscles work?

Answer 10

As one of the muscles contract, the other relaxes, allowing movement

Question 11

Give an example of antagonistic muscles?

Answer 11

Triceps
Biceps

Question 12

What are the two groups the skeleton can be split up into?

Answer 12

Axial skeleton
Appendicular skeleton

Question 13

What makes up the axial skeleton?

Answer 13

Skull, vertebral column, ribcage

Question 14

What makes up the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 14

Arms and legs

Question 15

What is the proper name for the knee?

Answer 15

Patella

Question 16

What is the proper name for the fingers?

Answer 16

Phalanges

Question 17

What is the proper name for the upper arm bone?

Answer 17

Humerus

Question 18

What is the proper name for the wing bone?

Answer 18

Scapula

Question 19

What is the proper name for the wrist?

Answer 19

Carpal

Question 20

What is the proper name for the ankle?

Answer 20

Tarsal

Question 21

What is the proper name for the part of the spine by your lower back?

Answer 21

Lumbar vertebrae

Question 22

What is the proper name for the spine at the back of your neck?

Answer 22

Cervical vertebrae

Question 23

How many bones are there in an adults body?

Answer 23

206

Question 24

How many bones are there in an infants body?

Answer 24

350

Question 25

What type of skeleton is found in mammals?

Answer 25

Endoskeleton

Question 26

What type of skeleton do arthropods have?

Answer 26

Exoskeleton

Question 27

What type of skeleton do jellyfish have?

Answer 27

Hydrostatic skeletons

Question 28

What is rickets?

Answer 28

Bones don’t develop properly because of lack of Vitamin D and calcium in diet

Question 29

What is arthritis?

Answer 29

In older people, cartilage in a joint can become worn away and bones rub against eachother. This is called osteoarthritis and makes the movement painful

Question 30

Osteoporosis

Answer 30

The bone density is reduced. Bones become weak and more likely to break. More common in older women. Hunched over posture.

Question 31

What are the two types of joints?

Answer 31

Ball and socket joint
Hinge joint

Question 32

Give an example of a ball and socket joint

Answer 32

Shoulder
Ankle
Wrist

Question 33

Give an example of a hinge joint

Answer 33

Knee
Elbow