Question

directions: pick up a card. act out the motion described on the card. the rest of the class will guess the motion and write down the bones and types of joints used in that motion. activity: throwing a baseball bones used: __________ joints used: ________ activity: waving to a friend bones used: ________ joints used: ________ activity: writing a letter bones used: ________ joints used: ________ activity: kicking a soccer ball bones used: ________ joints used: ________ activity: shaking your head bones used: ________ joints used: ________ activity: marching in place bones used: ________ joints used: ________ activity: chewing gum bones used: ________ joints used: ________ activity: crossing your arms bones used: ________ joints used: __________

Explanation:

• Throwing a baseball: Bones - Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges; Joints - Shoulder (ball - and - socket), elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid).
• Waving to a friend: Bones - Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges; Joints - Shoulder (ball - and - socket), elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid).
• Writing a letter: Bones - Radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges; Joints - Elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid), interphalangeal (hinge).
• Kicking a soccer ball: Bones - Femur, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges; Joints - Hip (ball - and - socket), knee (hinge), ankle (hinge).
• Shaking your head: Bones - Skull bones, cervical vertebrae; Joints - Atlanto - occipital (ellipsoid), atlanto - axial (pivot).
• Marching in place: Bones - Femur, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges, hip bones; Joints - Hip (ball - and - socket), knee (hinge), ankle (hinge).
• Chewing gum: Bones - Mandible, maxilla; Joints - Temporomandibular (condyloid).
• Crossing your arms: Bones - Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges; Joints - Shoulder (ball - and - socket), elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid).

Answer:

• Activity: Throwing a baseball
• Bones used: Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
• Joints used: Shoulder (ball - and - socket), elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid)
• Activity: Waving to a friend
• Bones used: Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
• Joints used: Shoulder (ball - and - socket), elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid)
• Activity: Writing a letter
• Bones used: Radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
• Joints used: Elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid), interphalangeal (hinge)
• Activity: Kicking a soccer ball
• Bones used: Femur, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges
• Joints used: Hip (ball - and - socket), knee (hinge), ankle (hinge)
• Activity: Shaking your head
• Bones used: Skull bones, cervical vertebrae
• Joints used: Atlanto - occipital (ellipsoid), atlanto - axial (pivot)
• Activity: Marching in place
• Bones used: Femur, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges, hip bones
• Joints used: Hip (ball - and - socket), knee (hinge), ankle (hinge)
• Activity: Chewing gum
• Bones used: Mandible, maxilla
• Joints used: Temporomandibular (condyloid)
• Activity: Crossing your arms
• Bones used: Humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
• Joints used: Shoulder (ball - and - socket), elbow (hinge), wrist (condyloid)