This organ pumps blood through your body
Heart
This system carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body
The circulatory system
DNA stands for
Deoxyribonucleic acid
The âKâ in BPK stands for this
Kinesiology
This scientist proposed the theory of natural selection
Charles Darwin
Your femur is in this part of the body
Leg/thigh
Hiccups are involuntary spasms of this muscle.
Diaphragm
This is the name for a cell with a nucleus
Eukaryotic
This piece of equipment is often used to measure heart activity
ECG/electrocardiogram
This is the most common element in the universe.
Hydrogen
This organ is responsible for filtering blood and producing urine
Kidneys.
Insulin helps regulate the level of this molecule in the blood
Glucose
This is the term for maintaining a stable internal environment
Homeostasis
This is the system that regulates hormone production in our bodies
Endocrine system
This is the value of a mole in chemistry
6.022 x 10^23
This is where bile is stored
Gallbladder
Your blood is made up of red cells, white cells, plasma and this.
Platelets.
This is the phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart muscle relaxes
Diastole
This type of muscle is found in the walls of the stomach and intestines.
This scientist created alternating current (AC) and is the namesake of a large car company
Nikola Tesla
These tiny structures in the small intestine increase surface area for nutrient absorption
Villi
This process describes how oxygen moves from the alveoli into the blood
Diffusion
The basic functional unit of the kidney is called this
Nephron
Adult humans have this many bones in their bodies
206
This scientist is the reason we discovered that we circle the Sun, not the other way around
Nicolaus Copernicus