Body Trivia
What key nutrient does the body need everyday in order to go through it process?
How many essential vitamins are there?
13
What body system breaks down the food that we eat?
The Digestive System
How many bones are in the adult human body?
What is 206
What is acrophobia a fear of?
Heights
How many bones are a baby born with?
What mineral is critical for transporting oxygen in the blood?
Iron
Which body system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide?
The Respiratory System
No joke, which upper long arm bone is connected to your funny bone (that would be your elbow)?
Humerus
What is the state capital of Washington?
Olympia
What fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus? It is named after the Greek hero who killed Hector outside of Troy.
Achilles tendon
What mineral is essential for proper nerve function which is also found in bananas?
Which body system includes the brain and spinal cord?
The Nervous System
Loops, whorls, and arches are all assigned numbers in the "Henry classification system," which is used to describe and identify what trackable anatomical structures?
Fingerprint
Simone Biles is famous for her skill in what sport?
Gymnastics
What are the five senses
Taste Seeing
Name one food items that contains vitamin A that helps vision growth.
Carrots
Leafy Greens
Sweet Potatoes
The Skeletal system includes what set of organs in our body?
The bones
How many layers make up the human skin?
3
What animal has the longest tongue?
Giraffe
If you had to get surgery to mend your torn meniscus, what largest joint in the body would you have to get repaired?
Knee
Which vitamin promotes bone health by helping the body absorb calcium; produced by the skin via sunlight exposure and found in fatty fish.
Vitamin D
How many chambers does the heart have?
4
Ask R.L. Stine: the reflex "piloerection," which involves the contraction of hundreds or thousands of small "arrector pili" muscles in the body, is better known by what name?
Goosebumps
Which famous historical document begins with the words "We hold these truths to be self-evident"?
The Declaration of Independence