Skeletal and Muscular Systems Study Guide

One function of the ________________ system is to provide shape and support and to protect the body's organs.

• nervous

• muscular

• circulatory

• skeletal

Ligament

• A place in the body where two bones come together.

• A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

• The inner framework made of all the bones of the body.

• Strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

• Strong connective tissue that holds bones together.

Muscle Tissue

• A place in the body where two bones come together.

• A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

• The inner framework made of all the bones of the body.

• Strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

• Strong connective tissue that holds bones together.

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Tendon

• A place in the body where two bones come together.

• A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

• The inner framework made of all the bones of the body.

• Strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

• Strong connective tissue that holds bones together.

Joint

• A place in the body where two bones come together.

• A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

• The inner framework made of all the bones of the body.

• Strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

• Strong connective tissue that holds bones together.

Skeleton

• A place in the body where two bones come together.

• A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move.

• The inner framework made of all the bones of the body.

• Strong connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

• Strong connective tissue that holds bones together.

One function of the ________________ system is to enable the body to move.

• muscular

• tendon

• protist

• skeletal

Which of the following actions is controlled by INVOLUNTARY muscles?

• smiling

• heart beating

• walking

• running

Places in the body where two bones come together are called

• congruences

• muscles

• nerves

• joints

What type of muscle tissue is responsible for peristalsis (moving food through the digestive system)?

• smooth

• skeletal

• striated

• cardiac