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GCSE PE Sports Studies Homework – Skeletal System

DUE: Monday 9th October

As you go through the Skeletal system you will be required to complete the

following tasks.

Help is available on Tuesday lunchtime in the PE office

Importance Of The

Skeletal System When Moving

Match the responsibility of the skeletal system with the descriptions.

Protection

for tissues and muscle

Movement through bones and attached

muscles

Storage for minerals and immature

blood cells

Support for vital organs

With the skeleton we are going to concentrate on MOVEMENT!

Match the type of joints to the pictured examples.

Fixed or immovable joints -

The bones at an fixed joints

cannot move - they overlap

or interlock, and are held

together by a tough fibre

Slightly movable joints -

also known as cartilaginous

joints. There is a small

amount of movement

permitted at these joints

which are separated by

cartilage.

Freely movable - also known

as synovial joints. These

contain synovial fluid inside a

synovial membrane which

surrounds the joint. An

example of this is a ball and

socket joint.

Importance Of The

Skeletal System When Moving

These are 6 types of synovial joint located in your body to help produce

movement with the skeletal system:

See if you can place the joints below into the different categories of synovial

joints.

Example

Ball & Socket

Joint

Hip

Elbow

Wrist

Shoulder

Knee

Neck

Skeletal System

Producing Movement

STA

TIO

N 2

PLA

NK

STA

TIO

N 1

SQU

ATS

STA

TIO

N 3

LUN

GES

STA

TIO

N 4

TRIC

EP D

IPS

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Elbow

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Knee

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Knee

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Shoulder

Joint

Movement

Bones

Identify the bones, the joint type and movement occurring in the

picture:

STA

TIO

N 5

SUP

ERM

AN

S

STA

TIO

N 6

HIP

RA

ISE

STA

TIO

N 7

WA

LL S

IT

STA

TIO

N 8

STEP

S U

P

STA

TIO

N 9

PR

ESS

UP

S

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Hip

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Knee

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Hip

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Hip

Joint

Movement

Bones

Area

Joint

Movement

Bones

Elbow

Joint

Movement

Bones

Skeletal System

Producing Movement

Movement Description

Abduction

Adduction

Extension

Flexion

Rotation A circular movement around a fixed point

Label the associated bones on the performers below