Section Two - Topic 2 Flashcards
What do the muscular and skeletal systems create when they work together?
Lever systems that help us to move
What’s a lever
A solid bar that moves about a fixed point when force is applied to it
What used the body part as a lever
When a muscle pulls on a bone to move a body part about a joint
What are the four components making up a lever system
Lever arm
Effort
Fulcrum
Load
What’s the lever arm
The bone or body part being moved about a point
Straight line
What’s the effort
The force applied by the muscles to the lever arm
Arrow pointing in direction of force
What’s the fulcrum
The joint where the lever arm pivots
Triangle
What’s the load
The resistance against the pull of muscles on the lever arm eg weigh or body part or something being lifted
A square
1 2 3
F L E
1st class lever system
Load and effort are at opposite ends
Fulcrum I nmiddle
Tilting head back (first thing u do when born)
2nd class lever
Fulcrum and effort at opposite ends
Load in middle
Standing on toes (second thing you’d do)
3rd class lever system
The fulcrum and load at opposite ends
Effort in middle
Flexion at elbow
Most common lever system
Third
Which lever systems are there not many of?
First class
What do levers help the body do?
Use its muscles effectively - different levers have different benefits -
Some help heavier loads while others increase the speed of a load can be moved at or the range of movement
What can a lever in the body with a mechanical advantage do?
Move a large load
Small effort from muscles
However
Only move load short distances
Low speeds
Definition for mechanical advantage
If the distance from the fulcrum to the effort is greater than the distance from the fulcrum to the load, the lever has a mechanical advantage