Repeating the chapter

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Repeating the chapter

Name the four functions of the skeleton.

Name three places in your body where you can find cartilage.

Is this bone tissue or cartilage tissue?

1. Bone tissue
2. Cartilage tissue

Is this bone tissue or cartilage tissue?

1. Bone tissue
2. Cartilage tissue

Take a look at the picture. Why is the hip bone of the dog smaller than a human hip bone?

Calcium phosphate and collagen are substances found in bone tissue and cartilage tissue. Which substance makes a bone firm and sturdy?

1. Calcium phosphate
2. Collagen

Calcium phosphate and collagen are substances found in bone tissue. Which substance is more present in bones of young people?

1. Calcium phosphate
2. Collagen

What is the function of part 2?

1. Keeping ribs in their place
2. Giving strength to the backbone
3. Giving signals through the nervous system
4. Giving flexibility to the backbone

Where in the body do you find the pivot joint?

Explain why older people break their bones more easily than children.

Where do you find the suture bone connection?

1. Tailbone
2. Ribcage
3. Backbone
4. Skull

A guy is bending towards the floor, to pick something up (without bending his knees). Which muscles is he contracting? And which muscles are the antagonistic muscles, which he uses to stand up again?

Number 7 is the connection between the muscle and the bone. What is this called?

Take a look at the picture to the right. There is a rupture of the achilles tendon. Explain why someone with this injury cannot walk anymore.

Practice questions

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