7th Grade Unit 7 Skeletal and Muscular

system that provides structure, support, and protection; produces bone marrow and stores minerals

Includes: bones, ligaments and cartilage

• Skeletal System

• Muscular System

• bones

• cartilage

hard organs made of minerals and connective tissue that provide support and protection; there are 206 in an adult body

• cartilage

• muscles

• bones

• connective tissue

tissue that connects, supports, binds, or separates tissues or organs; made mostly of collagen; makes bones flexible

• bones

• connective tissue

• ligament

• Skeletal System

tough, flexible strand of connective tissue that holds bones together

• tendon

• bones

• ligament

• connective tissue

strong, flexible, smooth connective tissue found at the end of bones; tip of the nose and in the ears

• tendon

• ligament

• cartilage

• joint

place where bones connect; examples: shoulder, wrist, knee

• bones

• endoskeleton

• marrow

• joint

a skeleton that is inside the body

• endoskeleton

• marrow

• joint

• muscle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

soft tissue inside the bone; two types: red and yellow

• cardiac muscle

• marrow

• muscle

• tendon

system that allows movement and some protection for organs

Includes: muscles, tendons

• Skeletal System

• Muscular System

• muscle

• bones

tissue that contracts and relaxes to help the body move

• muscle

• marrow

• cartilage

• smooth muscle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3