Human Body Unit Review

Question 1

This bone helps protect the spinal cord.

Accepted Answer

the vertebrae

Question 2

Why are the skull, ribs, and pelvis called super protectors?

Accepted Answer

They protect very important organs.

Question 3

What causes your bones to move?

Accepted Answer

muscles

Question 4

Where is the muscle in your body that allows the fingers to move?

Accepted Answer

in your lower arm

Question 5

How many bones are the in an adult human body?

Accepted Answer

206

Question 6

What three functions or jobs does the skeleton have?

Accepted Answer

Structure, Protection, Movement

Question 7

Which example is a hinge joint?

Accepted Answer

elbow

Question 8

When muscles work together with the brain and cause the body to move, it is called....

Accepted Answer

coordination

Question 9

How does a ball and socket joint move?

Accepted Answer

in all directions

Question 10

What kind of joint is your neck and top of the pelvis?

Accepted Answer

pivot

Question 11

Where are the ball and socket joints in the human body?

Accepted Answer

shoulder and pelvis

Question 12

This tissue connects muscles to bone. It is called a .....?

Accepted Answer

tendon

Question 13

The way a person acts when a stimulus occurs is...

Accepted Answer

a reaction

Question 14

What are the parts of the body called where two bones come together?

Accepted Answer

joints

Question 15

What are the names of the joints in your skull that don't make the bones move?

Accepted Answer

fused joints

Question 16

How does a hinge joint move?

Accepted Answer

In one direction

Question 17

One muscle must contract and the other muscle must relax for a bone to move.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What are kind of joints are in these parts of the human body? spine, wrist, ankle

Accepted Answer

gliding

Question 19

What is it called when you sense something?

Accepted Answer

a stimulus

Question 20

Bones move and bend.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

What is the system of bones called?

Accepted Answer

a skeleton

Question 22

What is your head called?

Accepted Answer

skull

Question 23

We can identify bones of other animals by...

Accepted Answer

all of the answers are correct

Question 24

Why do scientists use models?

Accepted Answer

To demonstrate how things work, To make difficult things easier to see

Question 25

This tissue guides the tendons and provides more precise movement. It is called a .....?

Accepted Answer

ligament

Question 26

To improve your time responding to a stimulus, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

practice responding to the stimulus

Question 27

What body part do these bones make? Femur, Tibia, Fibula?

Accepted Answer

leg

Question 28

What is it called when the thumb is able to touch all of the fingers in your hand?

Accepted Answer

precision grip

Question 29

Where is the only saddle joint in the human body located?

Accepted Answer

where your thumb connects to your hand

Human Body Unit Review

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Human Body Unit Review

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