Year 7 · Spring First Half
Biology
3 lessons from 1 unit.
Unit B2 · lessons 1 to 3 of 4
Movement: skeleton and muscles
Bone is not the dead scaffolding it looks like in the corner of a lab. It is living tissue that rebuilds itself around the forces you put through it, it makes your blood, and it is the only thing your muscles have to pull against.
- 01What the skeleton doesSystemA broken finger is an inconvenience. A broken rib makes every breath hurt. Same material — so what makes the difference?Open this lesson
- 02JointsModelShoulders dislocate all the time. Elbows almost never do. What is the shoulder buying with that risk?Open this lesson
- 03Antagonistic muscle pairsSystemEvery muscle you own can do exactly one thing. So how does an arm come back?Open this lesson
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