The Human Machine: Mystery 1

What are some ways that our bodies are similar to robots?

• We both have bones and tendons.
• We both need energy to move.
• One has a brain and one doesn't.

Dissection is useful because: 

• we can see the outside of the body and what is going on
• we can see the inside of the body and what is going on

Pick the correct order of how the biceps move your arm:

• The muscles shorten and bulge and the arm bone gets pulled up by the tendons.
• The arm bone gets pulled up by the tendons and the muscles shorten and bulge.

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You would be able to move without your bones.

• True
• False

Your bones provide support and are the structure of your body.

• True
• False

The strings that connect the muscles to the bone are called tendons.

• True
• False

The places where your finger bends is called the tendon.

• True
• False

Your body and a robot both have some type of structure of support.

• True
• False

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Our brain and a robot's brain are like a:

• blob of goo
• box
• computer

Tendons connect to muscles.

• True
• False