Human Body

Which part of the brain prevents you from falling down, flat on your face?

Largest and strongest chamber of the heart.

What type of muscle is found in the digestive system?

What system controls how you interact with your environment?

How many bones make up the body

What muscles help you move?

Breaks down food with the help of acids and enzymes.

How many illustrations did Andreas Vesalius' The Structure of the Human Body book contain?

A system that includes an intricate collection of hormone producing glands.

Which of the following is a function of bones in the human skeletal system?

What is the job of the axons?

What muscle flattens to allow your lungs to expand?

What carries blood to the heart?

Tiny air sacs at end of bronchioles covered in a mesh like sac of capillaries are the?

Releases waste through sweat glands.

What is the function of the circulatory system?

What is the study of the systems of the human body called?

This gland secretes a hormone called adrenaline.

How many alveoli do we have?

What prevents dust and dirt from entering the lungs?

What carries air into the lungs?

What type of muscle is the heart?

Oxygen from the respiratory system enters the circulatory system at what location?

Removes waste from the body.

Absorbs water and stores waste from food that cannot be digested.

This gland is located at the bottom of the brain and helps with growth.

The body's defense against bacteria, viruses and parasites that may be harmful to the body.

What are involuntary actions?

Where does digestion begin?

What is the main ORGAN of the nervous system?

What is the largest part of the brain?

How many chambers does the heart have?

Made up of rings of muscles that squeeze together and push food into the stomach.

Finger-like structures that absorb nutrients from food.

What is the largest artery in the heart called?

Helps the small intestine to break down food.

What system helps you breathe by taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide?

What is included in the circulatory system?

Filters harmful substances from the blood.

Two or more organs working together to perform a larger task is called a?

A gland which helps to control how quickly your body uses the food you digest.

Two or more types of tissue working together to perform a specific function is a(n)?

A group of cells working together to perform a specific function is called a?

Controls the body's blood sugar.

System making it possible for humans to reproduce and have offspring

What are voluntary actions?

What system helps to control mood, metabolism, growth, tissue function, and reproduction?

Gland located below the voice box and shaped like a butterfly.

How is the human body organized?

What keeps blood flowing in one direction?

Who is the founding father of modern human anatomy?

What carries blood away from the heart?

What part of the brain controls your heartbeat and breathing?

Gets partially digested food from the stomach.

A pair of organs that produce urine.

What carries messages back and forth within the body?

What happens to the blood when it reaches the lungs?

What is the job of the dendrites?

Glands which are located on top of both kidneys.

Hollow organ that stores urine until it is released from the body.