Starter quiz
- Muscle tissue is made up of specialised cells called ______ cells.
- 'muscle' ✓
- Which piece of equipment would enable us to see a muscle cell?
- Microscope ✓
- Oscilloscope
- Periscope
- Telescope
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True or false? Muscle cells have lots of mitochondria to help them contract.- True ✓
- False
- Which of the following are real types of muscle tissue?
- Bone muscle
- Cardiac muscle ✓
- Digestive muscle
- Skeletal muscle ✓
- Smooth muscle ✓
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- What is the name of the junction where two bones meet?
- 'joint' ✓
- Which types of muscles are involuntary?
- Cardiac muscle ✓
- Skeletal muscle
- Smooth muscle ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which joint is fixed and unable to move?
- elbow
- knee
- skull ✓
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- Which statements about hinge joints are correct?
- They are found in the skull.
- They fix the bones in position.
- They allow movement backwards and forwards. ✓
- They allow a circular movement.
- The elbow is a hinge joint. ✓
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- Who is correct?
Sofia: “Muscles attach directly onto bone.”
Alex: “Tendons attach muscle to bone.” ✓
Lucas: “Ligaments attach muscle to bone.”
- When a skeletal muscle ______ it pulls on a tendon to move a bone.
- 'contracts' ✓
- True or false? Biceps and hamstrings are an example of an antagonistic pair of muscles.
- True
- False ✓
- When the biceps muscle contracts, the triceps muscle...
- 'relaxes' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Bones meet at joints.
- Muscles can move bones.
- Muscles can only pull, by contracting, and cannot push.
- Some muscles work together in antagonistic pairs to move bones at a joint.
Common misconception
Thinking that muscles can push bones (when in fact they can only pull).
The lesson makes clear that muscles can only pull bones, and work in antagonistic pairs to pull bones in opposite directions.
Keywords
Tendon - A tendon attaches muscle to a bone.
Ligament - A ligament holds two or more bones together at a joint.
Joint - A joint is where two or more bones meet.
Cartilage - Cartilage is a strong, smooth tissue that is found inside a joint.
Antagonistic muscles - Antagonistic muscles work in pairs to move a bone at a joint.
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