The musculoskeletal system

What does the musculoskeletal provide?

(a)  

What is the role of ligaments?

• Connect bones to bones

• Connects bone to muscle

Ligaments are very high tensile strength, inelastic and flexible

• True

• False

Injuries involving muscles result in _________

• Sprain

• Luxation

• Strain

Where are joints found?

(a)  

Tendons are inelastic and flexible

• True

• False

Injuries in a tendon result in a _______

• Rupture

• Subluxation

Cartilage is a ___________.

• Smooth, elastic surface between bones

• Smooth, elastic surface on bones

• Hard, inelastic surface between bones

• Hard, inelastic surface on bones

What does cartilage do?

(a)  

Simple fractures entail:

• Bone does not break through the skin

• Broken ends shatter into many pieces

• 'clean' break