Muscular Skeletal Exit Ticket

Which statement does not correctly describe a function of cartilage?

• it anchors muscles to bones

• it provides flexibility in an embryo

• it makes up the outer ear

• it cushions bones at a joint

A reflex arc is illustrated in the diagram below.

Structure X represents

• an effector

• a motor neuron

• a interneuron

• a receptor

The humerus, the bone in the upper arm of a human, is directly connected to other bones in the arm by

• cartilage

• tendons

• extensors

• ligaments

Producing blood cells and providing anchorage sites for muscles are two function of

• skin

• bones

• cartilage

• ligaments

Which is not a function of an endoskeleton?

• intracellular transport

• organ protection

• anchorage for muscle action

• leverage for body movement