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Organization Terms
Circulatory/Excretory System
Nervous/Endocrine System
Muscular/Skeletal System
Fun Facts
100
Organize the following from smallest to largest: tissue, cell, organ, organ system
What is cell, tissue, organ, organ system?
100
What waste does the blood bring to the lungs to be excreted (removed)?
What is carbon dioxide?
100
Name one part of the nervous system.
What is brain, spinal cord or nerves?
100
Where is cardiac muscle found?
What is the heart?
100
The life of an eyelash is about a. 1 week b. 5 months c. 1 year
What is b. 5 months?
200
The terms superior and inferior are used to describe body structures. What do they mean?
Superior: above, or closer to the head Inferior: below, or closer to the feet
200
What does the skin excrete?
What is salt, water and urea?
200
Name one hormone and what is does.
growth hormone: controls growth melatonin: regulates sleep estrogen: regulates female menstrual cycle testosterone: male hormone
200
How many bones do we have?
What is around 206?
200
The average human produces ______________ of saliva a day: a. 1 cup b. 3 gallon c. 1 quart
What is c. 1 quart?
300
What do the terms superficial and deep mean relating to the human body?
superficial: closer to the surface deep: farther away from the surface of the body
300
What are the three parts of the circulatory system?
What is the heart, blood and blood vessels?
300
The functional unit of the nervous system? (special type of cell)
What is a neuron?
300
where is skeletal muscle found? Name an example of a skeletal muscle.
What is attached to bones? bicep
300
Fingernails grow _______ times as fast as toenails. a. 2 b. 4 c. 6
What is b. 4?
400
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
Anatomy deals with the naming of body parts (structure) physiology deals with how they work (function)
400
What is the functional unit of a kidney? (smallest building block)
What is a nephron?
400
The master gland that controls all hormones
What is the pituitary gland?
400
Besides motion, name two other functions of the skeletal system.
What is protection of organs, produce blood cells, store mineral?
400
_________ percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human skin. a. 20 b. 40 c. 70
What is c. 70?
500
The meaning of the terms plantar and palmar?
plantar: bottom of the foot palmar: palm of the hand
500
List three organs of the excretory system and what they excrete.
skin: salt, water, urea kidney: extra water liver: toxins lungs: carbon dioxide
500
What is the difference between how information is passed in the nervous system vs. the endocrine system?
nervous system: faster, electrical signals, immediate response Endocrine system: slower, through hormones (chemical signals), lag time
500
How are muscles and bones related? Why do we sometimes call it the muscular-skeletal system?
What is muscle and bones work together to produce motion. Muscle attach to bones. When muscles contract they pull on the bone, causing it to move.
500
In your lifetime, you'll shed over ____ pounds of skin. a. 5 b.40 c. 80
What is b. 40?