Digestion
Breathing
Blood
Potpourri
100

This part of the digestive system receives the contents of the esophagus and chemically digests it with acid

Stomach

100

This muscle controls air entering and leaving the lungs

Diaphragm

100

This part of blood causes blood cells to stick together to form clots

Platelets

100

This Taylor Swift song contains the name of the connective tissue used to transport oxygen around the body

Bad Blood

200

This organ is responsible for bile production

Liver

200

The tube runs parallel to the esophagus and allows air to enter the lungs

trachea

200

This is the liquid part of blood. It contains water, salts, and enzymes. 

plasma

200

add one letter to this organ to make it a term for a "a small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece."

liver -> (s)liver

300

This organ house the majority of your microbiome

large intestine

300

This tool is used to measure a person's lung capacity

spirometer

300

The protein in red blood cells that allows it to carry oxygen

hemoglobin

300

Steve Jobs died of this type of cancer, which affects an organ of the digestive system

pancreatic

400

Once thought to be vestigial (an evolutionary remnant), this organ is now believed to be involved in maintaining a healthy microbe reserve

appendix

400

This term describes the amount of air that moves in or out of the lungs with each typical inhale or exhale

tidal volume

400

A person who has antigens A and the most important Rh (D) has what blood type?

A+

400

Everybody answers, closest wins:


How many Oreos lined up side by side would equal the length of the average human large intestine

31.5

500

Bile is primarily used to break down which type of molecule in our digestive system

Lipids / Fats

500

These tiny air sacs do oxygen exchange with capillaries

alveoli

500

Name all of the blood types a person with O+ blood could receive a donation from

O+ and O-

500

This strange mammal has no stomach

platypus (or any monotreme)

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