BILL NYE: BONES AND MUSCLES

1. Muscles get ________Shorter________ when they contract.

2. _____Ligaments_____ holds bones together.

3. _______Tendon_____ connect muscles to bones

4. Describe a bone without minerals: Soft enough to bend

5. Where do we have cartilage in our bodies? Ribs, ears, nose

6. What is the strongest bone in our skeleton? Teeth

7. There are _____600___ separate muscles in the body.

8. An example of a fixed joint is the __Skull_____. It is fixed because… doesn’t move

9. What are you really doing when you crack your knuckles? Pulling bones apart
And making an air pocket in between

10. Bones are made of: ________Periosteum_____ (outer layer)

________Compact_______ (middle)

________Cancellous_____ (spongy inside)

11. When you are born you have ___350___ bones in your body. What happens to
these bones as you grow older? They fuse together to make bone. You end up
With approximately 200 bones
12. Birds have _hollow_____ bones because…they need to be lightweight for flight

13. It takes ___17_____ muscles to smile and ___43_____ muscles to frown.

14. Our vertebrae are hollow to protect the _____Spinal column_______.

15. __Synovial fluid and cartilage________ is like oil to make our joints move
smoothly.