Health 4th grade chapter 1

The framework of your body that gives your body it’s shape and helps to hold it up is your

• Spinal cord

• Vertebrae

• Skeleton

• Ligaments

The tough fibers or cords that hold the bones together are called

• Joints

• Ligaments

• Hinge joint

• Skeleton

True or False:

There are two kinds of freely movable joints

• True

• False

True or False:

Whenever you lift and object, bend over from your waist without bending your knees

• True

• False

True or False:

Your elbow has a hinge joint and a pivot joint

• True

• False

True or False:

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium.

• True

• False

The places where the bones come together are called

• Joints

• Ligaments

• Posture

• Skeleton

Because they swing back and forth, your fingers, knees and elbow are called

• Hinge joints

• Ball-and-socket

• Pivot joint

• Ligament

Allow you to move your shoulders and hips in many directions:

• Hinge joints

• Ball-and-socket

• Pivot joint

• Ligament

Let you move your head from side to side:

• Hinge joints

• Ball-and-socket

• Pivot joint

• Ligament