4.6 Sport-related injuries

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

warming-up

from each paragraph or more question

get ready.....

Link to the correct skeleton type!

Exoskeleton

Endoskeleton

Hydrostatic skeleton

Starfish

Wasp

Snake

Only in water

Moults

Has bones

List 4 functions of the skeleton

Cartilage has more collagen than calcium . This makes cartilage ...

1. flexible
2. strong

This is also called a 'voluntary muscle'

1. Skeletal muscle
2. Smooth muscle
3. Cardiac muscle
4. Involuntary muscle

Immovable Fused Joint

Moveable ball-and-socket joint

Moveable pivot joint

Moveable hinge joint

Muscles are attached to your bones by ...

The cardiac muscle is a ...

1. voluntary muscle
2. involuntary muscle

The muscles in your small intestines are ...

1. voluntary muscles
2. involuntary muscles

The muscles in your tongue are ...

1. voluntary muscles
2. involuntary muscles

Marathon runners have a lot of ... in their muscles

1. fast-twitch fibres
2. slow-twitch fibers

What is an antagonistic muscle pair?

4.6 Sport-related injuries

• What types of sports-related injuries are there?
• How can you prevent sports-related injuries?

What do you already know
about injuries (=blessure)?

sprain

ligaments overstretch

sometimes tear

sometimes a bone is dislocated

bone injuries

Fracture: 

- one ore more bones are broken

muscle cramp

muscle cramp: involuntary contraction

pulled muscle: overstretch or tear a muscle

prevention

warming up

cooling down

stretching

HOMEWORK

Finish assignments

• For example: 
• What types of sports-related injuries are there?
• How can you prevent sports-related injuries?