Skeletal System
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
True or False: There are over 1000 muscles in your body
False: There are about 600 muscles in the body.
Which lobe contains the visual cortex?
The occipital lobe
How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
Where is sperm produced?
Testes
How many bones are there in the spine?
33
What connects bones and muscles together?
Tendons
Cerebral palsy affects neurons in which part of the body?
Brain
A tiny blood vessel that allows for the exchange between blood and cells in the tissue is called?
Capillaries
Where are human eggs are usually fertilized?
Oviduct
What is the word for immovable joints found only in the skull?
suture
Name the three major types of muscles in the body
Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal
Which disease or disorder results when the neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die?
Parkinson's Disease
What are the lower chambers of the heart called?
Ventricles
What is formed when fertilization occurs?
Zygote
Which bone cells help form the bone?
Osteoblast cells
Respiration with the absence of oxygen is called
Anaerobic
Neurons contain ________, which can receive signals from other neurons.
Dendrites
What is the largest artery in the body?
Aorta
What carries sperm from the testes to the urethra?
What is the process by which bone forms?
ossification
What is the liquid produced during muscle contraction as a result of anaerobic breakdown?
Lactic Acid
What connects the two cerebral hemispheres?
The corpus callosum
What occurs when the blood flow is blocked?
Heart Attack
What are the two hormones that maintain the lining of the uterus?
Estrogen and Progesterone