Human Body Flashcards

1
Q

The skeleton is made up of ___ bones

A

206

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2
Q

The ribs protect our ______ & _______

A

Heart & lungs

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3
Q

Other names for our head bone are ______ or ________

A

Skull or Cranium

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4
Q

_______ are places where bones join together

A

Joints

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5
Q

Our _______ gives our body shape

A

Skeleton

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6
Q

The _________ is the muscle that helps the lungs to move and work

A

Diaphragm

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7
Q

The ______ trade air with blood

A

Lungs

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8
Q

The lungs take _____ _____ and other unwanted things out of the blood

A

Carbon dioxide

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9
Q

It takes about ___ minute(s) for the heart to pump or circulate blood once around the body

A

1

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10
Q

Fresh blood goes to the _____

A

Cells

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11
Q

Used blood goes to the _____

A

Lungs

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12
Q

The heart rate of a 7 or 8 year old child is about ____ beats per minute

A

100

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13
Q

A __________ has the fastest heart rate at 1,400 beats per minute, and a ____ ______ has the slowest heart rate at only 7 beats per minute

A

Hummingbird, blue whale

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14
Q

_______ move the body

A

Muscles

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15
Q

There are more than _____ muscles in the human body

A

600

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16
Q

Muscles are made up of elastic _____ and ______

A

cells and fibers

17
Q

Muscles hold ______ in place

A

Organs

18
Q

Muscles work in pairs: One _____, one ______

A

Pushes, pulls

19
Q

It takes ____ seconds for food to go from your mouth to your stomach

A

10

20
Q

Food reaches the stomach through a tube called the ________, which goes from the mouth to the stomach

A

Esophagus

21
Q

The ______ of the stomach is stretchy and expands, or gets bigger, as you eat food

A

Lining

22
Q

The _____ sends messages to tall parts of the body

A

Brain

23
Q

Messages are carried from the brain to different parts of the body through the _____ ____

A

Spinal Cord

24
Q

The brain keeps the heart _____ and the lungs _______

A

Beating, breathing

25
Q

Your body cannot function without your _____ and if parts of it become damaged, then certain parts of the body will not work correctly

A

Brain

26
Q

The ____ , or cranium, protects the brain

A

Skull