2. We use our locomotor system to moves our body, eat and speak.
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
3. • Our locomotor system is made up of bones,
joints, muscles and tendons.
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
4. Funtions:
•We can move some of them (example, arms and legs)
•Other muscles move automatically (example, the heart)
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
Muscles are elastic and flexible
5. Funtions:
•Bones make up the skeleton.
•They support the body.
•They protect the organs: heart,
lungs and brain.
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
Bones are hard and rigid.
6. The hip and the knee are joints
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
Joints: two o more bones meet.
7. When a muscle contracts it pull on the bone
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
Tendons attach muscles to the bones.
8. How can we look after our locomotor system?
• We can warm up before doing sport
• Stretch after doing exercise.
• We can sleep 10 hours every day.
We should doWe should do
• Eat food with calcium
9. How can we look after our locomotor
system?
• Sit with bad posture
• Carry heavy things.
We shouldn´t doWe shouldn´t do
10. How can we look after our locomotor
system?
• Sit with bad posture
• Carry heavy things.
We shouldn´t doWe shouldn´t do