1. FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Homework check (skeleton and questions)
Have you or someone close to you ever had a broken bone or injured joint? Write about your experience using the scientific names of the bones and describe how it was treated.
Which organs would have been affected if there had been no bones to protect them?

2. FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Homework check (skeleton picture and questions)
Use the meter stick on your desk to measure the length of your partner’s femur in centimeters.
Write down the length in your binder.

3. Can your femur length determine your height?
Try it!
2.6 x femur length (cm) + 65 = HEIGHT (cm)
Now find your actual height, and compare your findings.

4. GOAL 5: Axial and Appendicular Skeleton
AXIAL SKELETON- skull, ribs, spine, sternum
APPENDICULAR SKELETON- arms, legs, scapula, clavicle, pelvis

5. GOAL 6: Functions of the bones
Rigid framework against which muscles can pull
Give shape and structure
Protect internal organs
Store minerals
Produce red blood cells

6. GOAL 6: Bone Structure

7. GOAL 7: Types of Joints
1. FIXED- no movement
Skull

8. GOAL 7: Types of Joints 2. SEMIMOVABLE- limited movement
Vertebrae, rib cage

9. GOAL 7: Types of Joints 3. MOVABLE- wide range of activities
Ball-and-socket- hips, shoulders
Hinge- knees, elbows
Saddle- thumbs
Pivot- neck (top 2 vertebrae)
Gliding- foot bones

10. Tonight’s Homework: Read pages 909-914 in text.
Complete HW questions in textbook, page 914, #s 1-6.
Study for QUIZ (goals 1-7)

11. Knowledge check:
Axial or appendicular?
Name this bone!