Muscular System

Which is more flexible, muscle or cartilage?

• Muscle

• Cartilage

What does cartilage do in your spinal cord, and why is that important?

• Cartilage gives the spinal cord shape,

• Cartilage cushions the vertebrae.

• Cartilage cushions the vertebrae and keeps them from rubbing or banging against each other. Cartilage keeps the vertebrae from damaging each other and the spinal cord.

• Cartilage helps you bend.

Where would you find cartilage in your ear?

• on the inside of the ear

• in the part of the ear that's on the outside of your head.

• you don't have cartilage in your ear

• only the bottom of the ear.

What are ligaments?

• legs

• tendons

• tissue that connects bones together

• tissue that connects muscles together

What would happen if you didn't have tendons?

• your muscles would not be connected to your bones

• your muscles wouldn't be connected to your shirt

• your bones wouldn't get calcium

What is the main idea of this chapter?

• bones

• bones and joints

• Joints and muscles help you move.

• muscles