Have your neighbor tell you one voluntary muscle. This classroom connector addresses Instructional Objectives 1.10, and 1.11. One student will place a piece of tape over the index fingers of the other student, while they are placed end to end. Today class we are going to define and discuss the functions of tendons and ligaments. As the muscle contracts and relaxes, the tendon transfers that movement to the bone.
Ligaments are tough fibers which tie bones to other bones at a joint.
Then have them look at the back of their hand, the long cords are called tendons. The student will touch their tendons. Describe wrist and underside of the forearm. The student will observe tendons from muscles of a chicken leg or wing. Present the students with pictures of tendons and ligaments.