What is the open space in the front of the eye in which light is allowed to pass through?
What is Pupil
100
What is an Endoskeleton?
What is Skeleton surrounded by tissues inside of an organism. Made of bone or bone/cartilage combination
100
True or False: The ligaments that connect the tibia and fibula are considered a joint.
What is False. No Movement.
100
What two forces must all animals overcome during locomotion?
What is Friction and Gravity
200
What are the names of the three bones of the middle ear?
What is Hammer, Anvil, and Stirrup
200
What part of the eye is responsible for changing the shape of the Lens to focus light rays that that are either far away or nearby?
What is Ciliary muscles
200
What organisms have Hydrostatic skeletons?
What is Earthworms and Hydra
200
What is a ball-and-socket joint and where in the human body can we find them?
What is Allows for movement in several planes (almost 360 degrees) and they are in the shoulders and hips
200
Of the two forces all animals in motion must overcome, which of the two is more difficult for swimmers to overcome?
What is Friction. Water keeps swimmers suspended against gravity
300
What part of the ear brings impulses from pressure waves to the brain?
What is Auditory Nerve
300
What are the names of the photoreceptor cells found in the retina?
What is Rods and Cones
300
What bones make up the Pectoral Girdle?
What is Scapula, and Clavicle (attaches to head of the humerus)
300
What is a Hinge joint? Where in the body can we find them?
What is Allows for movement in one plane. Knees, elbows, phalanges.
300
What muscular motion must earthworms undergo in order to move?
What is Peristalsis
400
What part of the ear is responsible for equalizing air pressure between the inner ear and the outside environment?
What is Eustachian Tube
400
What are these two types of photoreceptor cells responsible for.
EX: ___1____ are responsible for _____________ and ____2___ are responsible for _______________
What is Rods are responsible for sight in shades of gray allow low-light vision. Cones are responsible for vision in bright colors.
400
What material makes up the majority of Exoskeletons?
What is Chitin (Polysaccharide)
400
What does a pivot joint allow us to do?
What is Rotate.
400
How do animals that either walk/run or hop overcome the force of gravity?
What is muscular legs, and support of the axial skeleton
500
If I have trouble keeping balance and am easily nauseated by roller coasters, there may be a disturbance with the fluid in my __________ (What part of the ear?)
What is Semicircular Canals
500
What are the names of the two large "jelly-filled" chambers of the eye?
What is Aqueous Humor and Vitreous Humor
500
What is the difference between an axial skeleton and an appendicular skeleton?
What is Axial protects CNS and gives upright support. Appendicular either connects axial to appendages or is a part of the appendages.
500
Describe the three degrees of sprains to a ligament.
1st= stretched
2nd=partially torn
3rd= completely torn
500
In order to lift my forearm, my biceps muscle must...
a) Contract b) relax c) not involved