The Body

Heart/CV

100

What CV stands for

What is is cardiovascular? 

200

Two spots where pulse can be felt on the body

BONUS 200 POINTS: give the medical/technical name of 1 area where pulse can be felt

What is the neck and wrist? 

BONUS: Carotid, Radial, Dorsalis Pedis, Posterior Tibial, Brachial, Popliteal

300

Name the 4 chambers of the heart

What are the Right Atria, Right Ventricle, Left Atria, Left Ventricle

400

Name the 4 valves of the heart

What are the mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonic valves? 

500

Name the path of blood through the heart

What is the superior and inferior vena cava, right atria, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left atria, left ventricle, aorta, body

Lungs

100

The waste product produced by the lungs.
Bonus 100 points: give the full name not just abbreviation

What is CO2? 

Bonus: Carbon dioxide

200

The muscle that assists the lungs to move air

What is the diaphragm? 

300

Name the path of air into the body

What is the trachea, bronchus, bronchioles, and alveoli? 

400

The most common disease associated with the lungs

What is Asthma? 

500

Name 2 things that can hurt your lungs

- Smoking/Vaping

- Breathing in mold

- Breathing in harsh chemicals

- Exercising in poor air quality

Brain/CNS

100

Two types of matter in the brain

What is grey and white matter? 

200

The part of the brain associated with body functions such as breathing, regulating body temperature, digestion and sleeping/waking

What is the brain stem? 

300

The area of the brain responsible for memory, learning, navigation and perception

What is the hippocampus? 

400

The area of the brain associated with emotion and memory and are associated with the brain’s reward system, stress, and the “fight or flight” response when someone perceives a threat. 

What is the amygdala? 

500

3 cranial nerves and their functions

• Cranial nerve 1: The first is the olfactory nerve, which allows for your sense of smell.
• Cranial nerve 2: The optic nerve governs eyesight.
• Cranial nerve 3: The oculomotor nerve controls pupil response and other motions of the eye, and branches out from the area in the brainstem where the midbrain meets the pons.
• Cranial nerve 4: The trochlear nerve controls muscles in the eye. It emerges from the back of the midbrain part of the brainstem.
• Cranial nerve 5: The trigeminal nerve is the largest and most complex of the cranial nerves, with both sensory and motor function. It originates from the pons and conveys sensation from the scalp, teeth, jaw, sinuses, parts of the mouth and face to the brain, allows the function of chewing muscles, and much more.
• Cranial nerve 6: The abducens nerve innervates some of the muscles in the eye.
• Cranial nerve 7: The facial nerve supports face movement, taste, glandular and other functions.
• Cranial nerve 8: The vestibulocochlear nerve facilitates balance and hearing.
• Cranial nerve 9: The glossopharyngeal nerve allows taste, ear and throat movement, and has many more functions.
• Cranial nerve 10: The vagus nerve allows sensation around the ear and the digestive system and controls motor activity in the heart, throat and digestive system.
• Cranial nerve 11: The accessory nerve innervates specific muscles in the head, neck and shoulder.
• Cranial nerve 12: The hypoglossal nerve supplies motor activity to the tongue.

Bones/MSK

100

The number of bones in the human body

What is 206? 

200

In the center of bones

What is bone marrow? 

300

Connects bone to bone

What is a ligament? 

400

Connects bone to muscle

What are tendons? 

500

Name two of the four organs protected by the rib cage. 100 points extra for each answer more than 2. 

Heart, Lungs, Spleen, Liver

Immune & Blood

100

Another name for white blood cells

What are leukocytes?

200

Two types of white blood cells

What are lymphocytes and phagocytes

300

Red blood cells carry this

What is oxygen?

400

1 large organ involved in filtering blood and fighting infections

What is the spleen? 

500

Multiple clusters of these that filter and monitor for infections

What are lymph nodes?