Ancient Inventions
They invented canals.
Who are the Sumerians?
The capital of Bhutan
What is Thimphu?
This nerve turns color images into impulses.
What is the optic nerve?
Sponges
What are poriferans?
Root meaning stretch, strain
What is -tend, tens, tent-?
They came up with using papyrus to write on.
Who are the Egyptians?
Mt. Everest is a part of this mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
This layer of skin is filled with nerves.
What is the dermis?
Earthworms
What are annelids?
Root meaning sea, pool
What is -mar, mer-?
They invented paper.
Who are the Chinese?
This country surrounded by water lies just south of India
What is Sri Lanka?
This structure serves as a pathway from oldfactory cells to the oldfactory nerve.
What is the oldfactory bulb?
Snails
What are mollusks?
Prefix meaning across, beyond, change
What is trans-?
They used (invented?) javelins.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
This body of water borders on both India and Bangladesh.
What is the Bay of Bengal?
They cover the taste buds, and carry taste as chemicals to nerve cells.
What are taste receptors?
Jellyfish
What are cnidarians?
Prefix meaning far
What is tele-?
They invented indoor plumbing
Who are the Harappans (ancient Indians)?
This body of water borders India's western coast, and touches Pakistan.
What is the Arabian Sea?
This nerve transfers information from the inner ear to the brain.
What is the vestibulocochlear (accoustic) nerve?
Tapeworms
What are platyhelminths?
Prefix meaning self, same
What is auto-?