Which System?
Spinal Cord
Nervous
How many bones are there in an adult?
206
Small flap of skin that keeps food from "going down the wrong pipe"
epiglottis
What temperature is considered a fever?
100.4 F
Small sacs at the bottom of the branches of the lungs where exchange of gases occur
alveoli
Lungs
Respiratory
Largest bone in the body
femur
Removes waste from blood and produces urine
Kidneys
What disease is caused by your pancreas not producing insulin?
Diabetes
What in the heart causes the sound we hear in a stethoscope? LUB DUB
Valves opening and closing
Heart and veins
Circulatory
Smallest bone in body
stapes (in ear)
Blood cell that carries oxygen all around the body
red blood cell
When you are sick which type of blood cells go out to attack and heal?
White blood cells (lymphocytes)
Which organ releases hemopoieten which stimulates red blood cell production ?
Kidneys
Digestive
How many chambers are in the heart?
4
Which side of the brain is responsible for our creativity and emotions?
RIGHT
(remember left=logical)
What blood cells are sent out to repair a cut?
Platelet
Known as the "red blood cell graveyard" and filters toxin out of the blood
Spleen
Spleen
Lymphatic
How long is your small intestine (remeber this is the one all wrapped up in the middle)
15-22 feet long
Where are red blood cells made?
Bone marrow
This organ is thought to have had no job but now we are learning it plays a role in our white blood cell production, if it gets infected it could rupture and needs to be removed
appendix
Blood enters the lungs from which side of the heart?
Right
(remember left means leave the lungs)