For Your Life 2024 Exam Questions and
Answers
What are tendons? - Answer>>Non-elastic fibrous tissue that
anchor muscles to bones.
What are ligaments? - Answer>>Elastic connective tissue that
hold bones together and restrict the amount of movement
possible at a joint.
What is a joint? - Answer>>The point at which two or more
bones meet.
What are antagonistic muscles? - Answer>>Pairs of muscles
which pull in opposite directions, i.e. as one muscle (agonist)
contracts, the other (antagonist) relaxes.
, What are extensors? - Answer>>Muscles which contract to flex
or bend a joint (e.g. biceps in the arm)
What are flexors? - Answer>>Muscles which contract to extend
or straighten a joint (e.g. triceps in the arm)
Describe the structure of a synovial joint - Answer>>• bone
• tendon - joins muscle to bone
• ligament - joins bone to bone
• synovial membrane - secretes synovial fluid
• synovial fluid - acts as lubricant
• cartilage - absorbs synovial fluid and acts as shock absorber
• fibrous capsule - encloses joints