Body Overview
In whose image did God create man?
Who is "His own"
What are three jobs bones perform?
What are the three types of muscles
what are skeletal muscles, smooth muscles and cardiac muscle
What are the two types of the nervous system?
What are the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
What are three parts of the eye?
Where does digestion begin?
What is the mouth.
What is the circulatory system made up of?
What is the heart, blood and blood vessels
What are the 4 things blood is made up of?
What is plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
What are three organs of the respiratory system?
What is mouth, nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, bronchial tubes, alveoli and diaphragm.
What is the largest organ in your body?
What is the skin
What are 5 systems of the body?
What are the skeletal system, the respiratory system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, and the nervous system?
What keeps bones from rubbing against each other at the joint?
What types of muscles move without having to think about it and give an example
What are involuntary muscles (those that help you breathe, digest food, control blood pressure)
What are the three parts of the nervous system?
What are the brain, the spinal cord and the nerves
What is the colored part of the eye?
What is the iris.
What are two ways the mouth helps break down food?
What is teeth for grinding and saliva for breaking down chemically
What are the two types of vessels that carry blood throughout the body?
What are arteries and veins
What is the job of platelets in blood?
What is to heal a cut by sticking together to clot the blood
How does the body protect germs and viruses from entering the lungs?
What is hairs in the nose
What produces pigment (color) in the skin?
What is melanin.
What is the role of the nucleus in the cell?
What is the brain of the cell
Name 6 bones in your body
Muscles work in...
What are pairs
What are the three parts of the brain
What cells allows the human body to detect color?
What are cone cells
What are three organs of the digestive system?
What are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine
Which vessels carry blood away from the heart?
What are arteries
What is the job of red blood cells?
What is to carry oxygen to organs throughout the body
What are the small sacs at the end of each bronchial tube
What is alveoli
What are the three layers of skin?
What is epidermis, dermis and hypodermis (subcutaeneous tissue)
What is the smallest part of the human body?
What is the cell
What are the 4 types of bones? (think shape)
What are long bones, short bones, flat bone and irregular bones
When one muscle contracts the muscle pair...
What is relaxes
Which part of the brain controls balance and voluntary muscles?
What is the cerebellum
What part of the ear is shaped like a snail?
What is the cochlea.
What are two processes the body uses to break down food?
What are mechanical and chemical processes.
What type of muscle makes up the heart?
What is cardiac
What is the job of white blood cells?
What is to fight viruses, bacteria and infection
How do the circulatory and respiratory systems work together?
What are the two major types of germs that make us sick?
What are viruses and bacteria
Our bodies are made up of...
Name 4 types of joints
What are hinge joint, ball and socket joint, pivot joint, ellipsoid joint, saddle joint and gliding joint
Muscles give our body its...
What is shape
Where are the most nerves found in the body?
What is the fingertips
Why is the outer ear shaped like a funnel?
What is to catch the sound waves.
Which is longer, your large or small intestine?
What is the small intestine.
What is the main job of the heart?
What makes blood red?
What is hemoglobin and iron
What type of reflex is breathing?
What is an automatic reflex.
How do tears and mucus help us fight germs?
Tears break down germs through enzymes and mucus traps germs