Which organs are responsible for taking in air and releasing carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere?
100
nerves.
What are the organs all throughout your body responsible for sensing information from your environment and sending electrical signals back to your brain?
100
false
We use only 10% of our brain.
100
brain stem
Which part of the brain tells you to keep breathing through the night?
200
The hippocampus
Which part of the brain is in charge of your memory?
200
diaphragm
What is the muscle responsible, when contracting, for pushing air out of the lungs and when relaxing letting air come back in?
200
brain and spinal stem
What are the organs apart of the central nervous system?
200
False, that's the circulatory system.
The respiratory system transports blood to the rest of the body.
200
the nucleus
The brain can be compared to which part of the cell?
300
The brain stem.
Which part of the brain is responsible for involuntary actions, such as breathing, your heart beating, and digestion?
300
a sponge
What can the lungs best be compared to? (not a balloon)
300
brain
What is the main organ responsible for communicating information all over the body and responsible for all body activity?
300
false, only a small light bulb
The brain uses enough energy to power a very large flood light.
300
the mitochondria
Which part of the cell needs oxygen to produce energy?
400
The frontal lobe
Which part of your brain contains your personality and problem solving?
400
alveoli
What are the grape-like sacs where oxygen is transferred into the blood to be taken to the rest of the body?
400
brain to spinal stem to nerve.
Describe the order of communication between organs from the brain to make your hand move.
400
true
Phineas Gage was a man who had a rod blown through his frontal lobe and lived for a number of years before dying even with loss of the brain.
500
neurons
What are the cells called in the brain responsible for processing information from your nerves?
500
trachea
What is the tube in your throat called that connects the mouth and nose to the lungs?
500
electrical
What type of signals does the brain use to command and communicate with the rest of the body?
500
false.
The brain cannot feel pain.
500
asthma
There is a condition of your respiratory system that results inflammation of the trachea or other passageways and creates an overflow of mucus. This creates a decrease in airflow to your lungs. What is this condition called?