General Knowledge
Where are nails found on the human body?
Fingers and toes.
What is the difference between an accessory organ and an organ in the digestive tract?
Accessory Organs: Food does not pass through them but they are involved in the digestive process.
Digestive Tract: Food passes through them in your body.
Where in the body is melanin produced?
Epidermis
Enzyme
Protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body.
Outermost layer of skin.
What two glands are found in skin?
Gallbladder
Accessory
Where in the body is saliva produced?
Mouth
Bolus
The changing of food from its original state into a soft, mushy mass.
Chemical Digestion
The chemical process of breaking down foods through stomach acid, bile, saliva, and other enzymes.
Bile
Accessory
Name 2 functions of skin.
Prevents water loss and infection
Sense of environment through touch
Formation of Vitamin D
Peristalis
Muscle contractions performed by the body to break down food. (In the esophagus and stomach)
Accessory Organ
Organs involved in the digestion process that food does NOT travel through.
Where in the body is bile stored?
The Gallbladder
Small Intestine
Digestive Tract
What is the name of the protein found in hair and nails?
Keratin
Food changing from its mush form as bolus into a watery, thin liquid in the stomach.
Integumentary System
Body system composing of your hair, skin, and nails.
Name the 3 major layers of your skin?
Epidermis, Dermis, and Hypodermis.
Kidneys
Neither
What kind of digestion occurs in the stomach?
Physical and Chemical
Perspiration
Sweating
Free Margin
Part of the nail that has grown past the nail bed.