UNIT 6 – MOVEMENT

VOCABULARY

Fill in your vocabulary packet as you go through each slide.

Bone

Hard tissue that makes up the

skeleton

Provides structure, support, and

protection

Made of a solid network of

living cells, protein fibers, and

calcium

Bones come in many shapes

and sizes!

Joint

Place where one bone attaches to another bone

Joints allow bones to move without damaging each other

Joints can be fully moveable, slightly moveable, or immovable.

Many joints are held together by ligaments

Skull joints

Jaw joint

Vertebral joint

Hip joint

Ligament

Connects one bone

to another bone

Made of tough

connective tissue

Lots of ligaments

are in joints

Knee Joint:

knee cap

ACL

Tendon

Connects muscle to

bone

Made of tough

connective tissue

Example: Achille’s

tendon connects calf

muscle to heel bone