Organs
What is the largest organ in the human body?
What is the skin?
What system is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients throughout the body?
What is the circulatory system?
What is the primary function of red blood cells?
What is to carry oxygen?
What type of biomolecule are (most) hormones? (Insulin is an exception!)
What are lipids?
What is the basic unit of life in the human body?
What is the cell?
Which organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?
What is the heart?
Which system protects the body from disease and infection?
Answer: What is the immune system? (Or Lymphatic System)
What is the main function of the respiratory system?
What is to exchange gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide)?
What temperature is the human body (supposed) to be at?
What is 98.6oF or 37oC?
Which type of muscle is involuntary and found in the heart?
Which type of muscle is found in the heart?
What organ filters waste from the blood and produces urine?
What is the kidney?
What system includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
What is the nervous system?
What is the function of the skeletal system?
What is to provide support and structure for the human body?
What are the number of bones in an adult human?
What is 206?
What is the term for the process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment?
What is homeostasis?
Name the organ that is primarily responsible for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
What is the small intestine? (Partial credit for naming other parts of the digestive system).
Which system is responsible for the production of hormones?
What is the endocrine system?
What are main the functions of the liver?
What is to break down toxins, medications, and store glycogen? (Answer at least one of these)
What body system produces gametes?
What is the reproductive system?
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
What is smooth? Cardiac? And skeletal?
Which organ is part of both the digestive and endocrine systems? (Hint: think about diabetes)
What is the pancreas?
What system consists of all the muscles in the body?
What is the muscular system?
What is the function of the kidneys?
What is to filter waste from the blood and regulate water levels?
How do tendons differ from ligaments?
What are tendons connect muscle to bone, and ligaments connect bone to bone?
What is the number of bones humans are born with?
What is 270-300?