Chapter 4: Joints and Muscles

Poll

REVIEW: Muscles make bones move.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

REVIEW: Which muscles work automatically? We can't make them move!

• Voluntary

• Strong

• Involuntary

• Intelligent

Multiple Choice

What are some joints in your body?

• elbow, shoulder, knee

• heart, lungs, liver

• fibia, sternum, scapula

Fill in the Blanks

Cartilage is found between bones. Its function is to

the bones so they will not bang against each other.

Multiple Choice

How does the model on page 27 help you understand the text?

• The model shows how the spine can bend and straighten.

• The model shows the largest bone in the skeletal system.

• The model shows cartilage cushioning the vertebrae in the spinal column.

Multiple Choice

Ligaments connect bones to ______.

• Muscles

• Bones

• Organs

Fill in the Blanks

Tendons connect muscles to

.

Poll

The Achilles tendon connects your heel bone to the muscles in your lower arms.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Your Achilles tendon is located just above your ____.

• Knee

• Cranium

• Heel

• Sternum

Multiple Choice

Reread paragraph 2 on page 30.

When Achilles was a baby, his mom dipped him in the River Styx so he would never die. She believed her son was invulnerable. What does invulnerable mean?

• Safe from harm, protected

• Very clever

• weak, in danger

Multiple Choice

What sentence from page 30 helps you know the meaning of invulnerable?

• She took her son and dipped him in the river.

• So this heel never got dipped in the river.

• Nothing could harm him - or so she thought.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of Chapter 4: Joints and Muscles?

• When Achilles was a baby, his mom tried to make sure that he would never die.

• Joints are cushioned by cartilage and join two bones together. Tendons connect muscles to bones.

• There is cartilage between each of the thirty vertebrae in our spinal column.