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Muscular System
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Cardiovascular System
Extra Questions
100

How many muscles are there?

Over 600

100

How many pairs of cranial and spinal nerves are there?

12 cranial 

31 spinal 

100

What are the 5 major parts of the sensory system? 

  • Sight

  • Touch

  • Hearing

  • Smell

  • Taste

100
What is the heart covered by?

Pericardium 

100
Carries oxygen to the body 

What are Erythrocytes? 

200

How do muscles produce movement?

Shortening in length or contracting

200

These carry messages to and from the peripheral nervous system.

 What are nerves?

200

What are the three parts of the ear? Name what each include. 

  • The external ear, or pinna

  • The middle ear includes the eardrum, or tympanic membrane

  • The inner ear, contains 3 semicircular canals and cochlea (snail)

200

What's the difference between arteries and veins?

Arteries: carries blood away from the heart

Veins: carries blood towards the heart

200

Keeps our body healthy by fighting pathogens

What are Leukocytes? 

300

Name the three types of muscles 

Cardiac 

Skeletal 

Smooth 


300

What is the difference between axons and dendrites?

Axons: conducts impulses away from the cell body. 

Dendrites: conducts impulses towards the cell body. 

300
Which cranial nerve controls our eyesight? 

II - Oculomotor - eyesight/vision 

300
How many chambers are in the heart? Name the chambers. 

4: 

Left and Right Atrium 

Left and Right Ventricle 

300
Clumps together to heal wounds. 

What are platelets?

400

What is the difference between voluntary and involuntary? What is an example of each? 

Voluntary: can be controlled by will (bicep curl, squat, etc)

Involuntary: cannot be controlled by will (Respiratory or Digestive)

400

What are the 4 lobes of the brain? Give an example of what each control. 

Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital

400
Which cranial nerve controls our smell? 

I - Olfactory - Smell 

400

How many valves are there? Name the valves. 

Pulmonary, Tricuspid, Aortic, Mitral 

400

Which valves are oxygenated? 

Mitral Valve, Aortic Valve 

500
Define the following: 

Flexion, Extension, Abduction, Adduction 

Flexion: to bend, decrease in the angle

Extension: to straighten, increase in the angle

Abduction: moves away from the body (Shoulder)

Adduction: moves towards the body (Shoulder)

500
What are the three types of neurons? How are they different? 

  • Efferent - motor, convey information to the muscle and glands from the central nervous system

  • Afferent - sensory, convey information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system

  • Interneurons - carry and process sensory information

500
What are the 5 main types of taste buds?

  • Sweet

  • Sour

  • Salty

  • Bitter

  • Umami - Savory

500

List the flow of blood through the heart in the correct order. 

Superior/Inferior Vena Cava, Right Atrium, Tricuspid Valve, Right Ventricle, Pulmonary Valve, Pulmonary Artery, Lungs, Pulmonary Vein, Left Atrium, Mitral Valve, Left Ventricle, Aortic Valve, Aorta, Body

500

Which chambers are oxygenated? Which are deoxygenated? How do we receive oxygen? 

1. Left atrium and ventricle - oxygenated

2. Right atrium and ventricle - deoxygenated 

3. The lungs