True & False
True or False: Bones are alive.
True
By adulthood, how many bones are in the human body?
206
What substance in our mouth plays a key role in our initial digestion process?
Saliva
What is the longest bone in the human body?
Femur (Thigh bone)
Disorders of the circulatory system are the leading cause of death in North America. One of the most common is hypertension, which is …
High blood pressure
True or False: Non-Communicable disease are NOT contagious?
True
This system transports oxygen, nutrients, and other substances to cells and carries away wastes...
Circulatory (Heart)
There are three types of muscles...name one
Skeletal, Smooth & Cardiac
These structures move organs such as the heart and stomach, so they can perform their function...
Muscles
Which NCD can start in almost any organ or tissue of the body?
Cancer
True or False: Two or more tissues working together to perform a task form a blood vessel.
False
Answer: Organ
This system controls sensation, thought, movement, and virtually all other body activities...
Nervous
There are two types of blood cells… which has the important job of carrying oxygen around the body and contains a protein called hemoglobin?
Red blood cells
Which pathogen do antibiotics work on?
Bacteria
Which non-communicable disease accounts for the most deaths (Approx. 17.5 million)?
Cardiovascular Disease
True or False: Our teeth form part of the skeletal system, but are NOT counted as bones?
True: Teeth are NOT bones (They are Enamel & dentin)
This system protects the body and regulates our body temperature...
Integumentary (Skin)
The heart is made up of how many chambers?
4- Left and right atrium & left and right ventricle
Bones are held in place at joints and tissues called what?
Ligaments
Ligaments link bone to bone/Tendons tie muscle to bone.
Which NCD is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy.
Diabetes
True or False: Blood that leaves the heart is carried through our veins and blood going towards the heart is carried through our arteries?
False: Blood leaving the heart is carried through arteries & blood going towards the heart is carried through our veins
The Nervous system has two parts, what are they?
CNS (Central Nervous System) & PNS (Peripheral System)
There are FOUR main types of tissues...name two
Epithelial, Connective, Muscle & Nervous
Which type of cancer is the most deadly form of skin cancer?
Malignant Melanoma
Name the THREE pathogens that can cause diseases?
Bacteria, Virus & Fungus