Joints and Muscles

Name this joint type (e.g. shoulder, hip)

• gliding
• saddle
• hinge
• ball and socket

Synovial fluid

• Stops the joint moving in the wrong direction

• Provides oxygen to the tissues of the joint

• Reduces friction and absorbs shocks in the joint

• Connects the two bones that make up the joint

What are 3 parts in your arm that are needed to make it MOVE usefully?

• Tedels, ligams, and bones
• Tendons, joints, and muscles
• Ligaments, joints, and bones
• muscles, ligaments and tendons

Which organ contains cardiac muscle for pumping?

• heart
• brain
• lungs
• gluteus maximus

What connects muscles to bones?

• cartilage
• tendons
• ligaments
• flexors

What could you not do if you did not have muscles?

• move
• think
• feel

Skeletal muscles are attached to _________.

• organs
• heart
• bones
• lungs

what muscle is on the BACK of your upper arm?

• Trapezius

• Biceps

• Gastrocnemius

• Triceps

In an antagonistic pair, one muscle _______ while the other _______.

• Contracts, contracts HARDER

• Contracts, relaxes

Muscles in your body move in _________.

• points

• their own way

• pairs