Skeletal and Joint Injuries/ Treatments

The Skeletal System - Diseases, Injuries, and Bone Health

Reading on Skeletal Injuries - Click here

Bone Injuries Worksheet -Make Copy of the following document and fill it in.

Topic #1 - Taking Care of Bone/ Osteoporosis 

p. 18 and 19 in Reading Above

Link to Osteoporosis

Questions to answer: What is it? (cause, effect, treatment)

Topic #2 - Fractures, Dislocations, and Sprains

p. 20 and 21 in Reading Above

Link to Site - Health 24

Questions to answer: Kinds, effect on body and when do they happen?

Topic #3 - Identifying Injuries- X-ray

p. 21 in Reading Above

Link to Site- X-rays  and this site too for comparing

Questions to answer: Be sure to answer the advantages and disadvantages, cost, and when is it used?

Topic #4 - Identifying Injuries- MRI

p. 22 in Reading Above

Link to Site- MRI and this site too for comparing

Questions to answer: Be sure to answer the advantages and disadvantages, cost, and when is it used?

Topic #5 - Joint Replacement Surgery

p. 23 in Reading Above

Link to Joint Replacement

Questions to answer: What is it? Candidates for and advantages/disadvantages.

Topic #6 - Arthroscopic Surgery

p.23 in Reading Above

Link to Arthroscopy

Questions to answer: What is it? Candidates for and advantages/disadvantages.

Engineering Joints and Prosthetics

Click here to access the Project Guide for the  Engineering Joint Lab.

Click here the read the BBC Article on  Teenagers Rebuilding Bodies.

Click here to access the post-lab video - Flipgrid to post your reflection

Video on the Bionic Hand

Video on the Arduino Prosthetic Arm

Joints and Bones in the Body

Practice labeling the bones the bones in the body

Click here to access.

InnerBody Skeletal Site

Click here to Access

Click here to learn more about the Skeletal Joints

BBC Website

Reading on Bones and Joints

Click here to access

Great site on the 6 types of joints-

Visible Body Click Here

Great Video on Joints from an Artist

Great video on sketching an ankle joint.

Bones of the body

We are going to cover the major structures and functions of your bones:

• Periosteum
• compact (hard) bone
• cancellous (spongy) bone
• bone marrow (red and yellow)

Here is a link to a great video on the composition of bone by National Geographic.

Link to Worksheet on Your Bones - Bone Composition.

Download in Pages to type into

Here is the link to KidsHealth -Your bones

Bone composition - Click to link

Bone Remodeling - Click to link

Introduction to Skeletal System

QFocus Links:
QFocus: The muscular and skeletal systems work together to provide locomotion in your body.

Click on your below subteam and start the QFocus at your table group.

Taz Devils QFocus
Tweetie Birds QFocus

Identifying Skeletal System Structure and Function

Find the link on your Google Classroom

Biodigital 3D Link- Click here to access
Skeletal System Model 

Additional sites to explore:

PHSchool.com

Webcode- CEP - 4012

Wisc online- Skeleton

Blood Quiz Study Guide

Click here to access the Blood Quiz Study Guide