The Human Eye
What protects the eye and keeps it moist?
The eyelid
What is the name of a movable place where two bones meet?
A joint
What is a bundle of tissue that produces movement?
Muscles
True or false?
You brain stores emotions and memories?
True
What is Miss Klek's favorite food?
Nachos
What is the colored part of the eye?
The iris
True or false?
You have joints in your skull.
True
What is the strong tissue that attaches to bones to muscles?
Tendons
What nerve sends information from the retina to the brain?
The optic nerve
True or false?
Your eyes blink around 20 times a minute.
True
That’s over ten million times a year!
What is the transparent dome of the eye?
The cornea
How many bones are in the human body?
206
How many types of muscles are there?
3
What is an illusion?
Something that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.(Your brain got tricked!)
What are the names of Miss Herman's cats?
Joey Stripe and Tucker
What part of the eye turns light rays into signals that the brain understands? (The movie screen of the eye)
True or false?
You bones do NOT give the body its structure?
False
What is the difference between an involuntary and a voluntary muscle?
Voluntary muscles you control. Involuntary muscles are controlled automatically by the brain.
By what age is your brain fully developed?
25
What is the only muscle that never gets tired?
The heart
What part of the eye found behind the pupil that helps focus light coming into the eye?
The lens
Name four examples of a joint.
Knees, hips, shoulders, elbow, wrist, ankle, skull
Name the three types of muscles.
Cardiac, smooth, skeletal
Name two functions of the brain.
Takes information from senses, makes decisions about information that is received, controls muscles, stores memories, stores emotions
True or false?
You are about 1cm taller in the morning when you first get up than when you go to bed.
True
This is because during the day the soft cartilage between your bones gets squashed and compressed.