VOCAB
What is a bone-building cell called?
An osteoblast
Which type of gland secretes substances outward through a duct: endocrine glands or exocrine glands?
Exocrine glands
What is the name of your thigh bone?
Femur
True or False: You produce 4,000 liters of spit in your lifetime.
False, you produce 40,000 liters.
How many pumpkin pies are eaten on Thanksgiving Day every year?
50 million
What is a projection on a bone called?
A process
Which is the dense, irregular connective tissue that forms the deep layer of skin: epidermis or dermis?
Dermis
What is the name of your lower jawbone?
Mandible
How many times a minute do you blink your eyes: 20, 200, or 2,000?
20
How many turkeys do Americans eat on Thanksgiving Day each year?
46 million
Define merocrine glands.
Exocrine glands that secrete without losing cellular material.
Which is a hole: a meatus or a foramen?
Foramen
What is the name of the arm bone that is connected to your thumb?
Radius
True or False: Earwax is a type of sweat.
True!
Which US President was gifted a raccoon to eat for Thanksgiving?
Calvin Coolidge
Define holocrine glands.
Exocrine glands that have secretions made up of disintegrated cells.
Which is the type of cells that undergo mitosis quickly and regularly: labile cells or stromal cells?
Labile cells
What is the name of the portion of your spine that contains 12 vertebrae?
Thoracic spine.
How much mucus does the average nose produce a day: 1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon, 1 pint, 1 gallon, or 1 cup?
1 cup
Which trade has their busiest day on Thanksgiving?
Plumbers (idk why)
What is a hollowed-out space in bone called?
Which type of tissue is found in tendons: dense regular connective tissue or dense irregular connective tissue?
Dense regular connective tissue
What is the name of the tips of your fingers and toes?
Distal phalanges
How many sweat pores are there on your body: 1,000, 100,000, 2,500, 250,000, 1 million, 2.5 million, or 1 billion?
2.5 million
Which football team plays every Thanksgiving?
Detroit Lions