Skeletal and Flexibility

Question 1

Places in your body where Bones come together

Answer 1

Joints

Question 2

Tough white tissues that connect bones

Answer 2

Ligaments

Question 3

Stretching slowly then holding it for several seconds

Answer 3

Static

Question 4

The ability to move joints through a full range of movement

Answer 4

Flexibility

Question 5

Series of quick but gentle bouncing stretches not held for a long time

Answer 5

Ballistic

Question 6

Amount of movement and individual can make at a joint

Answer 6

Range of motion

Question 7

A disease where the joints become inflamed

Answer 7

Arthritis

Question 8

Ability to extend knee or elbow past a straight line

Answer 8

Hypermobility

Question 9

Looseness of the joints due to overstretched ligaments

Answer 9

Laxity

Question 10

The femur located at the thigh is best known as what

Answer 10

The largest bone in the body

Question 11

Ligaments will connect what to what

Answer 11

Bones to bones

Question 12

Which of the following is not a function of the bones; storage system of minerals, a strong framework capable of movement, a center for the nervous system, produces the body’s blood cells

Answer 12

A center for the nervous system

Question 13

Strong flexible gel like tissues that cushions your joints

Answer 13

Cartilage

Question 14

Which of the following is not considered to be a type of joint in the skeletal system; hinge, ball / socket, pivot, slide

Answer 14

Slide

Question 15

Fingers and toes

Answer 15

Phalanges

Question 16

Chest

Answer 16

Sternum

Question 17

Shin bone

Answer 17

Tibia

Question 18

Skull

Answer 18

Cranium

Question 19

Thigh bone

Answer 19

Femur

Question 20

Knee cap

Answer 20

Patella

Question 21

Shoulder blade

Answer 21

Scapula

Question 22

Hip bone

Answer 22

Pelvic

Question 23

Collar bone

Answer 23

Clavicle

Question 24

Upper arm

Answer 24

Humerus

Question 25

Lower arm opposite side from the thumb

Answer 25

Ulna

Question 26

Lower arm above the thumb

Answer 26

Radius

Question 27

switch one bone in the human body and why descriptive paragraph in the first-person from telling the reader your function size location etc

Answer 27

Mandible; I am known as the lower jaw bone. I help you make chewing motions to eat and I help you form words while you speak. I am located at the chin area. I articulate with the temporal bones at the temporomandibular joints.

Question 28

What are the five main functions of the skeletal system

Answer 28

~Support ~movement ~protection ~cell factory ~mineral storage

Question 29

What are three benefits of having good flexibility

Answer 29

~Movement ~less pain ~avoid diseases

Question 30

What are two exercises to enhance range of motion

Answer 30

~Yoga ~swimming