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Skeletal and Muscular Systems

Skeletal and Muscular Systems

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Science

5th Grade

Practice Problem

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NGSS
4-LS1-2

Standards-aligned

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Amy Garsee

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8 Slides • 8 Questions

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Human Body Systems

Skeletal and Muscular Systems

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What is the Skeletal System?

It includes bones, cartilage, and ligaments.

It also gives your body its form and protects your organs.

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Cartilage, Ligaments & Tendons

  • What is cartilage? It is a spongy connective tissue that cushions the ends of many bones.

  • How are the bones at the joint held together? Ligaments

  • How are muscles attached to the bones? Tendons

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How many bones are in an adult skeleton?


206

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Multiple Choice

What are the connective bands that connect muscles to bones?

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ligaments

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cartilage

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tendons

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Multiple Choice

Where do bones meet?

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at muscles

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at joints

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at tendons

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at tissues

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Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a function of the skeleton?

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providing a framework for soft tissues

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excreting waste from the body

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protecting inner organs

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helping you move around

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What is the muscular system?

It includes muscles and tendons that connect muscle to bones. It allows you to move.

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Skeletal Muscle

  • Support and move the body

  • voluntary muscles - you control them.

  • Ex: Leg muscles

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Involuntary Muscles

(You Can't Control Them)

  • smooth muscle - makes up most of the walls of the body’s organs,

    including blood vessels and digestive organs.

  • cardiac muscle - makes up the walls of the heart.

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Multiple Choice

How do your voluntary muscles know when to function?

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through changes in body temperature

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when they start cramping

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your brain sends impulses through a motor neuron

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they are automatic

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Multiple Choice

What is an example of a voluntary muscle?

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smooth muscle

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cardiac muscle

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skeletal muscle

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Multiple Choice

What are the muscles that make up the heart?

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smooth muscles

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cardiac muscles

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skeletal muscles

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How do opposing muscles cause movement at a joint?

First, one muscle contracts causing the joint to bend then the other muscle contracts,

causing it to straighten

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Multiple Choice

What is the padding between bones?

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ligaments

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tissue

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cartilage

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tendons

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Fill in the Blank

How many bones does an average adult human have?

Human Body Systems

Skeletal and Muscular Systems

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