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The Brain
Systems
Organs
Illnesses and Disease
Amazing Facts
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3 pounds
What is the approximate weight of an adult human brain?
100
The ___________________system includes your heart and pumps blood throughout your body
What is circulatory
100
The _____________ is also know as command central
What is the brain
100
This is a contagious illness that causes itchy red bumps, usually in children. It can lead to shingles in later life.
What is chicken pox
100
Most adults have this many teeth
What is 32
200
Compared to its very large body size, this animal's brain is relatively small.
What is an elephant
200
The ______________________system includes your lungs
What is respiratory
200
The _______________ acts as the body's pump
What is the heart
200
This is a common virus that can spread quickly. We often associate it with winter time. (You can be vaccinated every year against it!)
What is the flu
200
The smallest bone in your body is found here
What is the ear
300
The brain is connected to this at the back
What is the spinal column
300
The _______________system breaks down your food and helps your body absorb nutrients
What is digestive
300
These organs filter the air that we breath
What are the lungs
300
When you eat bad food you can end up with this
What is food poisoning
300
It takes around _______ hours to digest your food completely.
What is 12
400
The brain receives _________________from the nerve cells throughout your body.
What is messages or signals
400
The __________________ system provides support for your body
What is the skeletal system
400
These organs filter waste from your body. You have 2 of them, but can live with one if you had to.
What are the kidneys
400
There are more Americans with this disease than any other
What is heart disease
400
This organ uses more than 25% of all the oxygen in your body
What is the brain
500
The brain is divided into 4 of these
What is lobes
500
The ____________________system collects information through your senses and passes it to the brain
What is nervous system
500
This is the largest organ of the body
What is the skin
500
This disease begins when duplicating cells make a mistake and then continue to copy that mistake into new cells
What is cancer
500
Your nose can remember more than ____________ thousand scents
What is 50