A TEAM OF UP TO: 2 APPROXIMATE TIME: 50 Minutes

EVENT PARAMETERS: Teams may bring non-programmable calculators (but no electronically stored data) and handwritten or printed resources that are punched and attached to the rings of a 1” binder that has an area no larger than 12” x 12” x 1.5”. 

THE COMPETITION: The competition will consist of timed stations. Each station will include questions relating to the following areas: the nervous system and the skeletal/muscular system including the bones of the axial and appendicular skeleton and location of skeletal muscles, nutritional and health components including, nutritional and exercise concepts, and the major diseases of the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.

FACTS AND CONCEPTS:

• Skeletal System: Basic anatomy of the skeletal system, including bones of the whole skeleton, types of joints, and their functions.

• Muscular System: Location and identification of the major skeletal muscles of the body including origin, insertion, and function. See the national website for a list of the Major Skeletal Muscles.

• Nervous System: Basic anatomy of the nervous system including the major regions of the brain and the major sense organs and their functions.

• Diseases: Major diseases and disorders of the skeletal, muscular, and nervous system and ways to prevent them.

• Nutrition: Nutritional analysis of food, food pyramid, and fuel sources, and interaction of exercise and nutrition in health. Effects of nutrition on the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems.

• Process skills may include observations, classification, inferences, predictions, calculations, data analysis, variable analysis, and conclusions.

SAMPLE PROBLEMS:

• What is the origin insertion of the Biceps brachii muscle? If this muscle contracts, how will the bone move?

• Identify the types of joints and their functions.

• Given a model or illustration of the human brain, identify and name the lobe of the cerebral cortex that includes; the primary motor area, the primary somatic sensory area, the speech centers, primary optic areas and their functions.

• Identify the major areas of the human eye and their functions.

• What are the measurable components of physical fitness and body composition and what are methods for assessing them?

• How is exercise prescribed (the F.I.T.T. principle: frequency, intensity, time and type of activity)?