Muscle-y Popeye
Mr. Jones Mini Bones
Suggestion Digestion
I want to suck your blood
You take my breath away
100
There are 3 types of muscles. What are they and what kind of control do you have over them?
Skeletal - voluntary (you have control)
Smooth - involuntary (happens by control of your brain, but you don't think about it)
Cardiac - automatic (happens without brain control)
100
What is the largest bone in the body?
The femur
100
What two things happen in the mouth that help digestion?
What is: chewing (to break down food into smaller pieces) and adding saliva (to break down starches and moisten food)
100
What is the name of the little cell that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide?
Red Blood Cell
100
What is the tube called that moves the air from the mouth to the lungs?
Trachea
200
Where is a cardiac muscle found?
The heart
200
What is the colour of the blanket Mrs. Rushton is making this Jeapordy curled up under?
What is red
200
What are the 3 nutrients that all foods get broken down into?
What are: fats, sugars and protein
200
When a blood cell has just gone to the lungs, where does it go next?
To the heart
200
What part of your body brings air into and out of the body?
The mouth AND nose
300
Where is a smooth muscle found?
Stomach, esophagus, etc.
300
What are the two bones in the space from your wrist to your elbow called?
Radius and Ulna
300
What is the job of the gall bladder?
To store bile
300
Where does an artery move blood?
Away from the heart
300
What is Mrs. Rushton's favourite article of clothing?
Slippers!
400
Where is a skeletal muscle found?
Your muscles that help move your body
400
What are the bones in your spine called?
What are vertebrae.
400
Why doesn't the stomach "eat itself"?
Because it is lined with mucous, which protects it from the stomach acid
400
How do veins move blood to the body?
Skeletal muscles push the blood up and the "flaps" snap closed to stop the blood from falling back down with gravity
400
What is the muscle called under the lungs?
The diaphragm
500
How does your muscles get bigger when you exercise?
You make mini-tears when you exercise and then muscle gets filled in to fix the tears. This creates more/bigger muscles!
500
Where is the smallest bone in the body?
Your ear (the Stapes)
500
What is the job of the small intestine?
To absorb nutrients (fats, sugars and protein)
500
When you exercise, your heart rate increases. Why?
When you exercise, you use up nutrients (and oxygen), so you need to get more nutrients (and oxygen) to your body faster, so heart rate increases to pump blood faster.
500
Explain how we breathe in and out
Breathe in: the diaphragm moves down and out, which makes lower air pressure, so air rushes in
Breathe out: the diaphragm moves up and in, which makes higher air pressure, so air rushes out