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Bones
THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM Joints
Muscles
- Short (wide, anchos) provide support and stability. Backs, hands and feet.
BONES - Flat (flat, planos) protect our internal organs. Ribs
Long (strong, fuertes) are used for movement. Arms and legs
Bones are made of hard tissue Function: to give shape, support the
body and protect the internal organs
Skeleton
Cartilage is made of flexible tissue (ear, nose)
Skeleton and Muscles work together to move
Voluntary are controlled by our brain. This sends a signal when we want to move
MUSCLES
Involuntary muscles, they move automatically. Heart
There are over six hundred muscles in the human body Function: to give shape, to move and
The muscles are made up of muscle fibres protect the internal organs
The nervous system receives and responds to information from the five
sense organs. It controls the working of the internal organs and body
systems. The nervous system also produces reflex actions which are
spontaneous reactions that protect our body from danger.
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Brain is the control centre:
▫ Cerebrum (the biggest part) controls voluntary movements
(dancing)
▫ Cerebellum controls balance, movement and coordination
▫ Brain stem controls involuntary movements (respiration). It connects the brain to the
spinal cord.
Spinal cord controls reflex actions. It is made up of nerve tissue and It is protected by the
vertebrae.
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Nerves are made up of neurons.
Millions of neurons are all connected by tiny branches.
Messages travel along neurons to and from our brain.
THE SENSES
Our sense organs detect information form the environment and neurons transmit this information to
our brain.
Sight (eye): pupil (pupila)
Hearing (ear): eardrum (timpano)
Smell (nose): nostrils (fossa nasales)
Taste (tongue): taste bud (papilas gustativas)
Touch (skin): epidermis (epidermis)