Review Questions

Question 1

Name 2 bones in the head

Answer 1

skull, mandible

Question 2

Name 2 bones in lower leg

Answer 2

fibia, tibia

Question 3

Name 4 bones that have pairs

Answer 3

scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, femur, patella, tibia

Question 4

What are 3 bones found in your arm

Answer 4

humerus, radius, ulna

Question 5

What is another name for your back bone?

Answer 5

spine

Question 6

If I talk a lot, which bone might be sore at the end of the day?

Answer 6

mandible

Question 7

How many bones are in your body?

Answer 7

206

Question 8

What are the 2 most important roles that your skeleton has?

Answer 8

support, protection

Question 9

What are 3 examples of organs that your bones protect?

Answer 9

heart, liver, lungs

Question 10

WHat 3 things are bones made of?

Answer 10

spongy bone, compact bone, bone marrow

Question 11

What is the hard outer layer of bone?

Answer 11

compact bone

Question 12

Why is it important that the spongy bone has many tiny holes?

Answer 12

strong, light

Question 13

What is the place where 2 bones join together?

Answer 13

knee joint, elbow joint,

Question 14

What are the 2 most important types of joints?

Answer 14

hinge joint, ball socket joint

Question 15

Describe a ball and socket joint

Answer 15

allows movement in any directions

Question 16

Describe a hinge joint

Answer 16

allows movement back and forth

Question 17

What is a broken bone called?

Answer 17

fracture

Question 18

Describe 2 different types of fractures

Answer 18

compact fracture: bone sticks through your skin, green stick fracture: when bone breaks vertically

Question 19

Name 3 muscles in your legs

Answer 19

hamstring, calf muscle, quadriceps

Question 20

What is the muscle that controls your breathing?

Answer 20

diaphragm

Question 21

What are 2 muscles in your arms

Answer 21

biceps, triceps

Question 22

What is the muscle in your jaw

Answer 22

masseter

Question 23

What is the muscle that is in front of your rib cage

Answer 23

pectoralis

Question 24

What is the muscle that covers your shoulder?

Answer 24

deltoid

Question 25

How many muscles do you have in your body?

Answer 25

650

Question 26

Muscles are made of long, stringy

Answer 26

fibres

Question 27

What are 2 types of muscles?

Answer 27

voluntary, involuntary

Question 28

Voluntary muscles are muscles we can

Answer 28

control

Question 29

Examples of voluntary muscles

Answer 29

breathing, eating

Question 30

muscles that move your skeleton move in

Answer 30

pairs

Question 31

Name 2 examples of muscles that move in pairs

Answer 31

biceps, triceps, hamstrings, quadriceps

Question 32

Muscles that we can't control are called

Answer 32

involuntary

Question 33

Name 2 involuntary muscles

Answer 33

heart, digestion

Question 34

What is one of the strongest muscles in your body?

Answer 34

heart

Question 35

A tendon is

Answer 35

a strong tissue at the end of a muscle

Question 36

Where can you find a tendon?

Answer 36

at the end of a muscle

Question 37

What does a tendon do to a muscle?

Answer 37

keeps muscle on bone

Question 38

A ligament is a

Answer 38

tough, strap-like tissue

Question 39

Ligament is similar to

Answer 39

elastic band

Question 40

Where do you find a ligament?

Answer 40

surrounding a joint (shoulder, hip)

Question 41

What does a ligament stop the body from doing?

Answer 41

bending too far

Question 42

What happens if a tendon is torn?

Answer 42

time. It needs time to heal slowly

Question 43

What happens if a ligament is torn?

Answer 43

surgery