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BILL NYE Bone and Muscles Answers

The document discusses various facts about bones and muscles in the human body. It states that muscles contract to get shorter, ligaments hold bones together, and tendons connect muscles to bones. It also notes that bones are made of periosteum, compact bone, and cancellous bone. As humans grow older, the many bones we are born with fuse together, leaving around 200 bones in the adult skeleton.

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BILL NYE Bone and Muscles Answers

The document discusses various facts about bones and muscles in the human body. It states that muscles contract to get shorter, ligaments hold bones together, and tendons connect muscles to bones. It also notes that bones are made of periosteum, compact bone, and cancellous bone. As humans grow older, the many bones we are born with fuse together, leaving around 200 bones in the adult skeleton.

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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.

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