Zusammenfassung der Ressource
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
- SKELETON
- Is is made up of BONES
- Short Bones
- The vertebrae in the Spine
provide support and stability
and protect the Spinal Cord
- Flat Bones
- Ribs and Pelvis. Protect
the internal organs
- Long Bones
- Used for movement
- JOINTS
- Our bones are connected to
the bones by LIGAMENTS and
the ends of the bones arre
covered in CARTILAGE
- Fixed Joints.
They do not
move
- SKULL
- Semi-flexible
joints.Limited
Movement
- VERTEBRAE
- Flexible joints
- ELBOW,
SHOULDER....
- MUSCLES
- There are over 600 muscles in our
body. They are controlled by the
nervous system. They contract and relax
- Skeletal Muscles
- Joined to the bones
by tendons
- VOLUNTARY
- Smooth Muscles
- Intestines and
stomach
- Cardiac Muscle
- Heart
- INVOLUNTARY