Body Basics
If anatomy is the study of the human body and all its parts, then THIS is the study of how those parts work together
What is Physiology?
This bone protects your brain
What is the skull bone?
The largest muscle in your body is called this
What is the gluteus maximus?
This process involves grinding up and moving along the food that you eat, and it begins with your teeth
What is mechanical digestion?
These are the "strings" in your larynx that vibrate as air goes by and create sound
What are vocal cords?
He invented the compound microscope and also "discovered" cells
Who is Robert Hooke?
This network of pores and tunnels interconnected in a pattern makes the bone strong yet resilient
What is spongy bone?
This is the strongest muscle in your body
What is the masseter muscle?
What is enamel?
This disease makes it very hard to breathe because the muscles around the bronchioles get narrow
What is asthma?
Organelles in a cell float in this jelly-like substance
What is cytoplasm?
The cavity inside of many bones is filled with this thick fluid
What is bone marrow?
The process of chemical digestion begins with this substance
What is saliva?
This is the long muscle below your lungs that contracts to allow air to fill the lungs
What is the diaphragm?
The power plants of a cell are known as this.
What are mitochondria?
This is the longest bone in the human body
What is the femur?
Pairs of muscle groups, like the biceps and triceps
What are antagonistic muscles?
The first 20 feet of your small intestines and the place where the greatest amount of chemical digestion takes place
What is the duodenum?
This technique is used to help someone who is choking, mainly by forcing air out of the lungs
What is the Heimlich Maneuver?
These special organelles help a cell to reproduce
What are centrioles?
The only bone in your face that moves
What is the mandible?
What is atrophy?
This organ is responsible for processing nutrients and storing or distributing them throughout the body
What is the liver?
This substance in cigarettes is what causes them to be highly addictive
What is nicotine?
This is the part of a cell that contains all of the information about a person, including eye color!
What is DNA?
This "belt" of bones around your chest connects your arms to your sternum
What is the pectoral girdle?
These are the three types of muscles in the human body
What are cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscles?
This organ produces insulin, a hormone important in the digestion process
What is the pancreas?
These tiny "whips" help filter air and remove mucus particles
What are cilia?
A group of cells of the same type is called this
What is tissue?
Elbows and knees are examples of this type of joint
What is a hinge joint?
This is another name for a skeletal muscle cell
What is a muscle fiber?
Relationships where two living things work together to benefit one another are called this
What is symbiotic?
The sticky substance that helps filter out particles that don't belong in your lungs
What is mucus?