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Human Anatomy Basics Worksheet

Arjun, Zoe and Keira are checking the lighthouse stairs before a safety drill. Use the anatomy clues and movement examples to explore how the body is built and how it moves. Answer in your own words where asked.

Build the basics

Anatomy describes body structures and how they are arranged. The musculoskeletal system includes bones, skeletal muscles, joints, tendons and ligaments.

1.In one or two sentences, explain what anatomy means. Include one example of a body structure an anatomist might study.

2.Zoe says, “Bones only give the body its shape.” Choose the best response.

Bones support the body, protect some organs and work with muscles to produce movement.
Bones digest food and carry oxygen to the muscles.
Bones make the body move without help from muscles or joints.
Bones connect muscles to other muscles.

3.Arjun bends his elbow to lift a torch. Name a muscle that helps bend the elbow, and name the bone in the upper arm.

4.Complete the sentence with the correct term: tendon, ligament or cartilage. A attaches muscle to bone.

5.Complete the sentence with the correct term: tendon, ligament or cartilage. A connects bone to bone at a joint.

6.Complete the sentence with the correct term: tendon, ligament or cartilage. helps cushion the ends of bones at many joints.

7.During a safety drill, Keira’s heart beats faster after she climbs the stairs. Which body system does the heart belong to, and what is one important job of the heart?

Movement and structure

Skeletal muscles usually work in opposing pairs. One muscle contracts while its partner relaxes to move a joint in different directions.

8.Match each action to the structure that contributes most directly. Use each structure once.

Straightening the knee to step up
Rising onto the toes
The thigh bone that helps support body weight
Bending the elbow to lift the torch

Biceps muscle
Quadriceps muscle
Achilles tendon
Femur

9.True or false? “A tendon connects one bone to another bone.” Correct the statement if it is false.

TrueFalse

10.The femur, humerus and ribs are all bones. Give the usual location of each: which is in the thigh, which is in the upper arm, and which help protect the chest organs?

11.Explain how a muscle, tendon, bone and joint work together when Arjun straightens his knee to climb a lighthouse stair. Include what happens when a muscle contracts.