Basic Terms
The study of the human body parts and how they are organized.
What is anatomy?
Number of bones in the fully formed adult body.
What is 206?
The nervous system is divided into how many subdivisions.
What is 3?
Food grown without chemical treatments like herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, synthetic fertilizers, and chemical food additives or those that contain no genetically modified organisms.
What are organic foods?
Known as the hair vitamin, it is part of the B-complex supplements and helps increase the body's immune system.
What is biotin?
The study of the functions and activities performed by the body's structures.
What is physiology?
Muscles that are attached to the bones and are voluntary, or consciously controlled.
What is striated?
Body system related to the maintenance of good health. The cardiovascular or vascular system controls the steady circulation of the blood through the body by means of the heart and the blood vessels.
What is the circulatory system?
Food prepared or eaten in the natural state. Have not been processed or altered to enhance appearance.
What are whole foods?
This controls the oil production in our skin and scalp. A deficiency will lead to thinning hair or diffuse alopecia.
What is zinc?
Word that means skin, or natural covering.
What is integument?
Body system responsible for hormones.
What is the reproductive system?
Name 3 of the 5 organs of elimination (excretory system).
What are kidneys, liver, skin, large intestines, and lungs?
Combination of the terms nutrition and pharmaceutical; refers to food and food products that provide health as well as beauty and medical benefits.
What is nutriceuticals?
Powerful antioxidant that works with vitamin A to strengthen and add elasticity to hair. Food sources include avocados, spinach, nuts, peaches, sunflower seeds, and tomatoes.
What is vitamin E?
Structures composed of specialized tissues designed to perform specific functions in plants and animals
What are organs?
What are endocrine glands?
Another name for the digestive system.
What is the gastrointestinal system?
What are oils and fats?
Unstable organic cells or molecules responsible for human tissue damage and disease.
What are free radicals?
A protective covering on body surfaces, such as skin, mucous membranes, tissue inside the mouth, the lining of the heart, the digestive and respiratory organs, and the glands.
What is epithelial tissue?
Name four elements from which the skin protects the body.
What are germs, chemicals, water and sun exposure?
Name 3 of the 4 primary functions of the lymphatic/immune system. (Double points if you name 4 functions 3rd round ONLY)
What is carry nourishment from blood to body cells; act as defense against toxins and bacteria; remove waste from body cells to blood; provide suitable environment for cells?
Name 7 of the 10 foods that are considered to be part of a healthy hair and scalp diet.
What is salmon...dark greens...beans...nuts and seeds, poultry, eggs, whole grain bread...berries, low-fat or skin organic dairy, almond milk...vegetables such as beets or carrots?
Mineral found in the earth and in the human body. It is a main building block of the body. It is a major factor in the production of collagen protein, which gives the skin and scalp strength, elasticity and balance.
What is silica?