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Hauora and Human Skeleton

A community sports team is planning a wellbeing week. Use the case study and written information to explain how bones, joints and Hauora connect. Answer in your own words where asked.

Case study: A strong start

Ari enjoys biking and kapa haka. After a minor wrist fracture, Ari feels frustrated about missing practice and appreciates friends who visit. The nurse explains that bones are living tissue: they support the body, protect some organs, help movement with muscles and joints, store minerals such as calcium, and contain marrow that makes blood cells. A balanced diet, safe physical activity and rest support bone health. Recovery can involve physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing.

Part A — Bones, joints and movement

Read the case study and the written descriptions of bones and their locations.

1.Which option gives the most complete description of the skeleton’s roles?

It supports the body, protects organs, enables movement with muscles and joints, stores minerals and makes blood cells.
It digests food and pumps blood around the body.
It only gives the body its shape.
It produces energy directly for muscles.

2.Name the bone or bone group described at each number: 1 protects the brain; 2 is the collarbone; 3 protects the heart and lungs; 4 forms the backbone; 5 forms the hip region; 6 is the thigh bone; 7 is the shin bone.

3.Match each joint type to its movement and a suitable example: hinge; ball-and-socket; pivot. Options: turns around an axis (neck); bends and straightens (knee); moves in many directions (shoulder).

Hinge
Ball-and-socket
Pivot

Turns around an axis — neck
Bends and straightens — knee
Moves in many directions — shoulder

4.Explain how a bone and a joint work with muscles to make a movement such as bending your elbow.

Part B — Hauora in context

Hauora is a holistic model of wellbeing with four interconnected dimensions. A change in one dimension can affect others.

5.Match each dimension of Hauora with its focus: Taha tinana; Taha hinengaro; Taha whānau; Taha wairua. Focuses: physical wellbeing; thoughts and feelings; relationships and belonging; values, identity and spiritual wellbeing.

Taha tinana
Taha hinengaro
Taha whānau
Taha wairua

Thoughts and feelings
Physical wellbeing
Relationships and belonging
Values, identity and spiritual wellbeing

6.Ari is frustrated about missing kapa haka practice after the wrist fracture. Which Hauora dimension is most directly described?

Taha hinengaro
Taha tinana
Taha whānau
Taha wairua

7.Ari’s friends visit during recovery. Name the Hauora dimension most directly supported and explain how this support could also help another dimension.

8.True or false? Bones are living tissue that can repair after a fracture.

TrueFalse

9.True or false? The skeleton makes blood cells in bone marrow.

TrueFalse

10.The nurse suggests safe activity, nutritious food and rest. Choose one suggestion and explain how it can support taha tinana and one other Hauora dimension.