System Medical Issues
Way to get a concussion.
What is hitting your head really hard?
TRUE or FALSE: Muscles can only contract.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE: The left lung is larger than the right lung---they are not identical in shape and size.
FALSE - The right lung is larger than the left
Arguably the most important body part of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
TRUE or FALSE: The hand bones are part of the muscular system.
FALSE
Identify a cure for asthma.
Trick question! There is no cure for asthma, but there are OTC* medications and treatments.
*OTC => Over the Counter
Muscles are the _________ of regulating body temperature.
What is powerhouse?
What is drawing downwards until flat to breathe?
Location of the spinal cord.
Precise answer (+50 points): What is the brain stem to the lower back?
Simple answer: What is the back?
Name the types of groups that muscles work in.
What are pairs?
The two types of bronchitis.
What are acute and chronic?
*Note that COPD will work, but this as an answer will result in half credit.
Name the amount of muscles in the body. (approximate)
What is 650?
What is the windpipe?
The function of the nervous system.
What is collecting information and triggering it?
Name the number of cone cells in an eye.
What is 3?
Name the three types of COPD. (In any order)
1. What is asthma/COPD syndrome?
2. What is emphysema?
3. What is chronic bronchitis?
Name the process of muscle growth during sleep.
What is hypertrophy?
The location of the laryngopharynx.
What is the pharynx?
*Note that "throat" also works too.
What is 100,000,000? (One hundred million)
Smooth muscles power digestion and urinary functions. This is because ____________. (Fill in the blank)
(Anything similar will also be accepted as full credit.)
The extended form of the acronym vCJD.
--HINT: It is a disease affecting the nervous system.
What is Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?
What is 10,000,000? (ten million)
The part of the body that expands when we breathe.
--HINT: Located in the chest, below the lungs.
What is the thoracic cavity (the lungs expand when we hold our breath!)?
The speed of nerve impulse.
What is 120 meters per second?
Another name for the heart.
What is the cardiac muscle?