THE SKELETAL SYSTEM AND JOINTS AND MUSCLES

Question 1

MANDIBLE (JAWBONE)

Answer 1

It is a combined hinged and gliding joint

Question 2

CRANIUM (SKULL)

Answer 2

Made up of many bones fused together

Question 3

CLAVICLE (COLLAR BONE)

Answer 3

A bone on your shoulders

Question 4

STERNUM (BREASTBONE)

Answer 4

It connects your ribs

Question 5

HUMERUS

Answer 5

The upper part of your arm

Question 6

VERTEBRAE

Answer 6

Also know as your spine they go up from your tail bone to your cranium

Question 7

PELVIS

Answer 7

Also know as your hip bones

Question 8

FEMUR

Answer 8

It is found in the upper part of your leg

Question 9

FIBULA

Answer 9

It is found in the lower part of your leg

Question 10

ULNA

Answer 10

Found in the lower part of your arm opposite the radius

Question 11

RADIUS

Answer 11

Found in the lower part of your arm on your thumbs side

Question 12

PATELLA

Answer 12

It is on top of and next to the tibia, femur and fibula. It is also known as the knee cap

Question 13

TIBIA

Answer 13

It is found in the lower part of your leg

Question 14

TALUS (ANKLE)

Answer 14

Your ankle bone is a hinged joint

Question 15

WHAT ARE ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLE PAIRS?

Answer 15

Antagonistic muscle pairs are 2 muscles that work oppositely. When one contracts the other relaxes and when the other one contracts the other one relaxes. For example: the biceps and triceps.

Question 16

WHAT ARE BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS

Answer 16

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Question 17

WHAT ARE HINGED JOINTS

Answer 17

Hinged joints only allow 180 degrees of movement like your leg or arm

Question 18

WHAT ARE PIVOT JOINTS

Answer 18

Your neck is a pivot joint and it allows you to move around on a axis

Question 19

WHAT ARE FUSED JOINTS

Answer 19

You can’t move fused joints because they are fused to another bone like your skull. It used to be made of many bones but then they fused together

Question 20

WHAT ARE GLIDING JOINTS

Answer 20

Gliding joints allow the bones to glide past one another in any direction