Skeletal System Flashcards
Types of joints
Hinge joints and ball and socket joint
Function of skeleton
Allows movement, supports body and protects internal organs
Hinge joint
Allows bones to bend one direction
Ball amd socket joint
Allows bones to bend in many directions
In the joints
Synovial fluid, ligaments, cartilage,
Synovial fluid
Oils joints allows joint to move freely
Ligaments
Connects bone to bone
In the skeleton
Skull, collar bone, shoulder blade, ribs, vertebrate, pelvis, humerous, radius, ulna, femur, fibia, tibia
Tendons
Joins muscles to bones
Antagonistic pairs
Two muscles which carry out opposite effects
Joints
Where bones meet to allow movement
Cartilage
Protects the ends of bone
Supports the body
Keeps the body upright and gives the human shape
Allow movement
Bones move when muscles contract to pull on a bone
Protect organs
Protects organs e.g ribs protect lungs and hearts or pelvis protects the kidneys
