1. Hand out the Skeletal System Worksheet and the Muscular System Worksheet

2. HOW GOOD ARE YOU??? No word bank! Fill in as many blanks as you can!

3. HOW GOOD ARE YOU with a word bank??? Fill in as many blanks as you can!
Skull
Clavicle
Sternum
Ribs
Humerus
Vertebrae
Pelvis
Radius
Ulna
Phalanges
Femur
Patella
Tibia
Fibula

4. What bones have you broken?

5. What does the skeletal system do?
Provides shape to the body.
Supports muscles, and
helps protect organs.
Muscle attachment

6. Touch and press the skin on your elbows, knees, stomach and face to feel your bones.
Were there any areas of the body where you couldn’t feel any bones?
stomach

7. What organ does this bone protect?
Heart & Lungs
Brain

8. How many bones do we have?
206
Sometimes there are extra bones in the hands or feet.
Babies are born with 270 soft bones - about 64 more than an adult; and many of these will fuse together by the age of twenty or twenty-five into the 206 hard, permanent bones.

9. There is only one bone in the human body that is not connected to another bone. What is it???
Hyoid bone!

10. The four layers are the periosteum (blood vessels that transport nutrients), compact bone (provides support), spongy bone (makes bones light and strong), bone marrow (site of blood cell production)

11. Types of joints Fixed: No movement. Skull.
Semimovable: Vertebrae. Small amount of movement.
Pivot: Rotation. Head.
Ball & socket: Flexible. Hips & shoulders.
Hinge: Simplest. Elbows & knees.
Ellipsoidal: Allows movement in all ways except rotation. Wrists & ankles.

12. HOW GOOD ARE YOU without a word bank? Fill in as many blanks as you can!

13. With a word bank! Fill in as many blanks as you can.
Trapiezius
Deltoids
Pectorals
Latissimus Dorsi
Biceps
Triceps
Gluteus Maximus
Abdominals
Hamstrings
Quadriceps
Gastrocnemius

14. What does the muscular system do?
It moves all your moving parts!
It helps protect
the joints.
It helps create heat.

15. What is the tissue that connects muscle to bone?
Tendon!!!
What is the largest tendon in the human body?
The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the human body and can withstand forces of 1,000 pounds or more. But it is also the most vulnerable and frequently ruptured tendon.

16. Body Worlds Exhibition

17. How can we increase muscle cell size?
Anaerobic exercise. (Short bursts of exercise followed by periods of rest.)

18. Muscles: Are they just for guys?