Skeletal and Flexibility Flashcards
Places in your body where Bones come together
Joints
Tough white tissues that connect bones
Ligaments
Stretching slowly then holding it for several seconds
Static
The ability to move joints through a full range of movement
Flexibility
Series of quick but gentle bouncing stretches not held for a long time
Ballistic
Amount of movement and individual can make at a joint
Range of motion
A disease where the joints become inflamed
Arthritis
Ability to extend knee or elbow past a straight line
Hypermobility
Looseness of the joints due to overstretched ligaments
Laxity
The femur located at the thigh is best known as what
The largest bone in the body
Ligaments will connect what to what
Bones to bones
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
A center for the nervous system
Strong flexible gel like tissues that cushions your joints
Cartilage
Which of the following is not considered to be a type of joint in the skeletal system; hinge, ball / socket, pivot, slide
Slide
Fingers and toes
Phalanges
