The Musculoskeletal System and Movement

What are joints?

• A place where one muscles meet 
• A place where two bones meet 
• Bones don't meet 
• A place where bones connect to muscles

This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no.

• Ball and socket
• Gliding
• Pivot
• Saddle

Which body part contains a joint?

• shoulder
• heart
• tongue
• brain

This cushions the bones in a joint:

• Cartilage
• Ligaments
• Tendons
• Tendonitis

The elbows, knees and phalanges are examples of this type of joint.

• Ball and socket
• Fixed
• Gliding
• Hinge

In which direction(s) do the ball-and-socket joint move?

• back and forth, side to side
• back and forth
• back and forth, side to side, around
• trick question--it's not a joint!

Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint.

• Ball and socket
• Fixed
• Hinge
• Gliding

When a person uses flexion, what happens to the joint?

• Decreases angle of the joint
• Increases angle at the joint
• Moves joint away from midline
• Moves joint toward midline

What is the main function of the muscular system?

• The muscular system carries messages from the brain to the bones to move the body.
• The muscular system keeps the bones strong and prevents them from being broken.
• The muscular system produces energy the body needs to be able to move.
• The muscular system allows movement of bones and helps maintain posture.

About how many muscles are in your body?

• 206
• 300
• over 600
• 1,000