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1. What are muscle connectors?
cartilage, ligaments and tendons
2. What is a cardiac muscle?
Heart
3. Name 2 smooth muscle types.
stomach/intestines
4. Name 3 skeletal muscle types.
biceps, triceps, hamstring, quadriceps, etc
5. Name 2 hinge types.
knee/elbow
6. Name 2 ball and socket joints.
shoulder/hip
7. Name 1 pivot joint.
neck
8. What is the colon?
a tube that collects solid waste
9. What gland helps digest fat and maintain correct sugar levels?
liver
10. What smooth muscular organ produces digestive juice and acid?
stomach
11. What do the salivary glands produce?
saliva
12. What tube leads to the stomach?
esophagus
13. What tube leads to the bronchi and lungs?
trachea
14. What is the function of the white blood cells?
fight infection and disease
15. What is the function of the red blood cells?
carry oxygen and some wastes
16. How many chambers are in the heart?
4
17. Where does blood go after leaving the heart?
to the arteries and the rest of the body
18. What is the function of the heart?
a muscle that pumps blood to the body
19. What are the 3 types of blood vessels?
arteries, capillaries and veins
20. What is the function of the alveoli?
pick up oxygen and expel carbon dioxide
21. What are alveoli?
tiny air sacs located on the bronchioles
22. What is the diaphragm?
a muscle located below the lungs
23. What is the function of the trachea?
filter air
24. What is the function of the respiratory system?
to deliver oxygen
25. List 3 ways to keep your respiratory system healthy.
exercise, eat well, maintain ideal weight, play safe and avoid alcohol and drugs
26. What gas is expelled (given off)?
carbon dioxide
27. What gas is inhaled?
oxygen
28. What are the 2 main organs of the respiratory system?
lungs
29. What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
all the nerves that branch of the CNS
30. What 2 body parts consist in the Central Nervous System?
brain and spinal cord
31. What is a neuron?
a nerve cell
32. What organ is the body's filter?
kidney's
33. How do messages travel in the body?
electrical impulses
34. What is the function of the medulla oblongata (brain stem)?
heart rate, breathing and digestion
35. What is the function of the cerebellum?
balance and coordination
36. What is the function of the cerebrum?
decision making, senses and memory
37. What is the function of motor neurons?
take the messages back to the muscles
38. What is the function of the sensory neurons?
take the messages to the spinal cord and then brain
39. Why should you wash your face?
to keep the pores clean and prevent acne
40. What is deodorant?
a substance that kills bacteria and prevents odor
41. What is hygiene?
cleanliness
42. How often should you shower?
daily
43. How many times a day should you brush your teeth?
at least twice a day
44. Where does most digestion take place?
small intestine
45. Where is cartilage located?
at the ends of bones, ears and nose
47. Where do ligaments connect?
bone to bone
48. Where do tendons connect?
bones to muscle
49. What are the smallest blood vessels?
capillaries
50. What does the bladder store?
urine
51. What bone protects the brain?
skull
52. What is the upper leg bone?
femur
53. What is the upper arm bone?
humerus
54. What bone is in the forearm on the thumb side?
radius
55. What is the shin bone?
tibia
56. What muscle is located in the back upper leg?
hamstring
57. What muscle is located on the front upper leg?
quadricep
58. What muscle is located in the upper front arm?
bicep
59. What muscle is located in the back of the upper arm?
tricep