Skeletal System
How many bones are in the human foot?
What is 26?
All of the nerves in the human body are controlled from this source.
What is the brain?
These two things TRANSPORT blood through the body.
What are veins and arteries?
At 5 meters long, it is also the longest organ in the digestive system
What is the small intestines
The body breathes in oxygen and breathes out this gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
Nerve cells that send signals to the body are called...
What are neurons?
This is the reason why veins appear blue?
Lack of oxygen
The muscles in this organ are so strong, they can act against gravity without any problem.
What is the large intestines
These are the passageways that narrow during an asthma attack?
Bronchioles
Vertebrae in the back protect this important part of the body.
What is the spinal cord?
The heart has this many chambers
What is 4?
What is the primary role of saliva?
What is to help break down your food before you swallow?
This a small dome-shaped muscles seated right below the lungs allow us to breathe
What is the diaphragm
The brain has 4 lobes. Name ONE of them.
Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital
This is the name of the artery that blood gets pumped through as soon as it leaves the heart.
What is the aorta?
This acid, produced by the stomach, can dissolve metal
Hydrochloric acid (HCL)
This flap keeps food from entering your respiratory system when you swallow.
What is the epiglottis?
This is the real name for the tailbone?
What is the coccyx
a bundle of nerve fibers that carries visual information from the retina at the back of the eye to the brain:
What is the Optic Nerve
This is the name of the artery that supplies oxygenated blood to the lower body
What is the femoral artery?
The muscles in your esophagus act like a giant wave. That is what moves food or drinks down to your stomach. This wave action is called what?
What is peristalsis?
This is the most common lobe of the lung to develop pneumonia.
What is the right lower lobe?