Did you know...

- that a human body contains about 206 bones

- that more than half of them are in your arms and legs

- that you are born with about 236 bones because a lot of them will fuse together later on

The knee joint

Learn about the bones and ligaments of the knee joint. It explains the function of the ligaments really well, but it also contains a lot of names which you don't have to know.

Bones breaking

Links

1. Pretest + answers
2. Answers of the workbook (4.1 + 4.2)

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A leg of a cow

You can see the tendons of the muscles and you can pull them to change the position of the leg of a cow

A leg of a pig

Below you can watch three video's about the leg of a pig. In the first one we use the achilles tendon to change the position of the lower leg of a pig.

Here you see the tendons of the muscles which are in the lower leg all the way connected to the toes of the foot of a pig.

In this video you see the hinge joint in the leg of a pig. It's beautifully shaped: it's very smooth and the bones of the joint fit very nicely.