Interim Assessment

What acts as the string in our body that helps pull up your fingers or arms?

• Tendons

• Joints

• Bones

• Nerves

Tendons (strings) are attached to bone and _____.

• Tendons

• Bone

• Muscle

• Joint

The place where your bones meet is called your_________

• Joint

• Tendon

• Muscle

• bicep

What pulls on the tendons (strings) in our body to make bones move?

• 
  Springs

  
  

• Muscles

• Wires

• Motors

What happens to a muscle when it bulges?

• 
  It gets shorter

• It gets longer

• It disappears

• It stays the same

Where is the muscle that controls your fingers located?

• 
  In your shoulder

• In your hand

• In your upper arm

• In your lower arm

How do bones and muscles work together to make your biceps big.

Would you be able to move if you didn’t have bones? Why or why not?

What does it mean if your muscle "contracts?"

• The muscle breaks down.

• The muscle gets shorter and pulls on the tendon.

• The muscle covers the bone.

Which of the answers below tells the correct order for movement?

• First, a tendon pulls on a bone, then the muscle contracts and causes the bone to move.

• First the muscle contracts, then the tendon pulls on the bone and causes it to move.

• First the tendon contracts, then the muscle contracts, then the bone moves.