Human Physiology Jeopardy

Skeletal System

100

I protect your brain and form the shape of your head. Who am I?

Skull

200

I am the mineral that gives bones their strength and hardness.

Calcium 

300

I am the type of bone cell that breaks down bone. 

Osteoclast

400

I am the soft, flexible connective tissue that reduces friction between bones at joints and is found in your ears and nose.

Cartilage

500

I’m the type of joint found in your shoulder and hip.

Ball and Socket Joint

Muscular System

100

I am the type of muscle only found in the heart. 

Cardiac Muscle

200

What molecule is required for muscle cells to undergo aerobic respiration? 

Oxygen

300

I am the type of muscle that is striated and voluntarily controlled. 

Skeletal muscle

400

What are the two molecules necessary for muscle contraction?

Calcium ions and ATP

500

My contraction shortens the sarcomere in a sliding filament model.

Actin and Myosin

Cardiovascual System

100

I pump blood through the body.

Heart

200

I carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.

Artery

300

I am the wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart.

The septum

400

I help the blood clot to stop bleeding.

Platelets

500

I am the largest artery in the body.

Aorta

Respiratory System

100

I’m the large muscle under your lungs that helps you breathe.

Diaphragm

200

I carry air from the mouth and nose to the lungs.

Trachea

300

I’m the site of gas exchange in the lungs.

Alveoli

400

I’m the structure that branches off the trachea into each lung.

Bronchus

500

I produce mucus and have cilia to trap dust in the upper airway.

Nasal Cavity

Terminology

100

I mean “toward the head.”

Superior/Cranial

200

I mean “toward the midline of the body.”

Medial

300

I’m the plane that divides the body into left and right halves.

Median/Midsaggital

400

I describe a position farther from the trunk or point of origin.

Distal

500

I’m the term for the front of the body in anatomical position.

Anterior/Ventral