EYE
The outside part of our eye is called the
Cornea
Name the two parts of the outer ear.
Pinna and the ear canal.
Where does our digestive system begin?
our tongue/mouth
Name the largest body in our body and its location.
The femur in our thigh.
Another name for the heart muscle is what?
Cardiac
What do we call the colored part of our eye, and what does it do?
Iris, it gets smaller and larger depending on the light.
Name the three tiny bones in the middle ear, and which one is the smallest?
hammer, anvil, and the stirrup
The stirrup is the tinniest bone in our ear and entire body!
What organ connects our throat to our stomach?
The esophagus
Places where bones come together are called what?
joints
What muscles move our bones?
skeletal
The sensory tissue lines the back of our eye is called the ________, and it sends messages to the ___________.
The retina sends messages to the optic nerve.
Name the parts of our inner ear.
Cochlea and the auditory nerve
What is our stomach lined with and how does it work?
The stomach has strong walls that stretch and push food into smaller pieces and is lined with acids and juices called enzymes that kill bad bacteria.
Name the bones that are at our fingers and toes.
phalanges
We choose to move our bones, so these muscles are called what?
Voluntary
What is our eye filled with and what is it called?
a thick, transparent liquid called the Vitreous.
What is the cochlea filled with?
fluid and lined with tiny hair cells
What organ is connected to our stomach and what does it do?
The small intestine is attached to our stomach and is 16 feet long. It is lined with VILLI which absorbs nutrients into our body.
Name the bone that protects our brain.
Cranium
Name the type of muscles that move our food.
smooth
This part of the eye focuses light onto the retina.
The lens.
Explain how sound is made.
All sound is made by vibration(the movement of an object back and forth). Sound waves are vibrations that move in all directions.
The ear collects the vibrations, travels through the canal to the eardrum. Then moves to the three tiny bones and onto the liquid in the inner ear. The tiny hairs move the message along the optic nerve to the brain, which tells us what we heard.What organ is attached to our small intestine and what does it do?
The large intestine is five feet long and absorbs more nutrients and mostly water into our blood. It squashes the waste into lumps to leave our body.
How many bones do adults have and how many bones are we born with?
206 and about 300
Muscles that we do not decide to move are called what?
Involuntary