Skeletal & Muscular System
Digestive System
Nervous System
Circulatory & Respiratory System
Immune System
100
Cardiac muscle is found in what internal organ?
Cardiac muscle is only found in the heart.
100
What is the first part of the digestive system?
The mouth chews food and saliva breaks food down.
100
What three parts make up the nervous system?
Nerves, spinal cord, brain, (neurons)
100
What three parts make up the circulatory system?
The heart, blood vessels (veins), and blood make the circulatory system.
100
Name three of your body's defenses against microorganisms.
Skin, stomach acid, sweat, tears, mucus, saliva, white blood cells, antibodies.
200
What are the two bones in your lower leg?
The bones in the lower leg are the tibia and fibula.
200
What organ absorbs nutrients from food?
The small intestine absorbs nutrients.
200
What travels through nerves?
Electrical signals travel through nerves.
200
What is the scientific name for windpipe?
The windpipe is called the trachea.
200
What are the two types of pathogens?
Bacteria and viruses are pathogens.
300
Give three examples of a voluntary muscle.
What is bicep, tricep, abdominal, pectoral, quadriceps, etc...
300
What organ breaks down food into smaller pieces with acid?
The stomach breaks down food into smaller pieces.
300
What part of your brain has your personality?
The front or frontal lobe is home to your personality.
300
What tubes constrict in people who have asthma?
Asthma causes the bronchial tubes to get smaller?
300
What is the definition of infectious disease?
An infectious disease is a sickness caused by a pathogen that can spread to other people.
400
What type of muscle tissue is in the digestive system?
The digestive system has involuntary, smooth muscles.
400
What tube connects the mouth to the stomach.
The esophagus connects the mouth and the stomach.
400
What part of your brain processes vision?
The occipital lobe or back of the brain processes vision.
400
What blood cells carry oxygen to the body's cells?
Red blood cells carry oxygen.
400
How does a vaccine help your body fight a pathogen?
A vaccine signals the body to make a certain antibody.
500
What are three jobs of the skeletal system?
The skeletal system: 1. supports the body 2. protects internal organs 3. makes blood cells 4. stores minerals
500
What do scientists call the muscle contractions that move food through the digestive system.
Scientists call the contractions peristalsis.
500
What does the right side of the brain do?
The right side of your brain is the creative and emotional side.
500
What label do we use to measure a person's pulse?
We measure a pulse in beats per minute (BPM).
500
What scientist discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin?
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
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