Farm Animal Bones and Muscles

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Objective

I can identify the major bones and muscles in common farm animals.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    The skeletal system includes bones and connective tissues such as ligaments, which connect bone to bone, and tendons, which connect muscle to bone.

  2. 2

    The human skeleton is divided into the axial skeleton, which includes the skull and vertebral column, and the appendicular skeleton, which includes the bones of the arms and legs.

  3. 3

    Osteoblasts are cells that make bone, while osteoclasts are cells that break down bone during a process called bone remodeling.

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Practice

3 questions

1

What is the main difference between an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton?

2

Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

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Exit ticket

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Name two functions of the skeletal system and two types of bones discussed in the video.

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