Human body in action

• What are 3 uses of the skeleton?

  Shape structure, movement and protecting vital organs
• What is the largest bone in the body?

  Femure
• What dose the vertebral column protect?

  Back
• What dose the skull protect?

  Brain
• What does the pelvis protect?

  Reproductive organs
• What do the knee caps protect?

  The knee
• What do the ribs protect?

  Heart and Lungs
• What is a bone made of?

  Living and non-living material
• When you heat a bone removes the _______ and it becomes _______

  When you heat a bone removes the living matireal and it becomes brittle
• When you put a bone in acid, it removes the ________ and it becomes _______

  When you put a bone in acid, it removes the non-living matireal and it becomes rubbery
• Where is the smallest bone in your body found?

  Ear
• What attaches a bone to bone?

  Ligament
• What joins bones to muscle?

  Tendons
• What are 3 types of muscle and what are they for?

  • Cardiac for Heart
  • Skeletal for movement
  • Visceral for Organs
• Muscles work in _____

  Muscles work in pairs
• While one muscles contracts, the other ____

  While one muscle contracts, the other relaxes
• Why do the muscles work like that?

  To allow movement in both directions
• What are two different types of joints?

  • Hinge
  • Ball and socket
• Give 2 examples of a hinge joint

  • Elbow and Knee
• What are 2 type of ball and something joints?

  Shoulder and hip
• A heart is a ______ _____

  A heart is a muscular pump
• What is the heart made of?

  Muscle tissue
• The heart has _ chambers

  4
• What are the different Chambers of the heart?

  • Left Antrium
  • Right Antrium
  • Left Ventricle
  • Right Ventricle
• What's a vein?

  A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
• What's an Artery?

  A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart
• What's a capillary?

  A blood vessel that link arteries and veins and allow gas exchange
• What is your pulse rate?

  The measure of how many times your heart beats per minuit
• Your heart increases after exercise because...

  Because it works harder to pump blood the body
• What are 2 risks of having high blood pressure?

  • Strokes
  • Heart Attack