The Heart/Blood
How many chambers does the heart have?
Can you name them?
What about the valves?
4 chambers - right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium left ventricle
Tricuspid, Pulmonary, Mitral, and Aortic
heats/moistens/filters the air
What are the 5 different types of bones?
Long, Short, Flat, Irregular, Sesamoid
What are the 4 main lobes of the brain?
Frontal/ Parietal / Temporal / Occipital
What are the 5 senses?
Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, and Touch
How many times does your heart beat a minute on average?
60-100 beats a minute
Which lung has less lobes and why?
Left lung only has 2 lobes to make room for the heart.
What 2 minerals do our bones store?
Calcium and Phosphorus
What lobe controls our decision making, problem-solving and social behavior?
The frontal lobe
Why is eyewitness testimony not always dependable?
Our brains process information and can easily add in things that weren't actually witnessed. It is very easy to lead a witness.
Who is the universal donor?
Universal Recipient?
Donor: O-
Universal recipient: AB+
What are the tubes that branch off into the lungs called? ( hint: they look like trees)
Bronchi or bronchioles
What is an example of an irregular bone?
What area controls our vital life processes such as our heart beat and breathing?
Our brain stem
What is your favorite smell?
:)
What vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What are the tiny air filled sacs where oxygen exchange happens? ( hint: they look like grapes)
Alveoli
What is an example of a sesamoid bone?
the Patella
What lobe primarily controls our vision?
The Occipital lobe
What is your favorite taste?
:)
How much blood does the average person have?
1.2 - 1.5 gallons or 4.5 - 5.7 liters
What keeps the food we swallow from going into our lungs?
the Epiglottis
What is an example of a flat bone?
Skull, Ribs, Sternum, some Pelvic bones
What gland produces hormones that help regulate our growth and metabolism?
the Pituitary gland
What is your favorite noise?
:)