Quarter 1 B Review

Question 1

What part of the nervous system controls the balance and coordination?

Answer 1

Cerebellum

Question 2

The membrane around the heart

Answer 2

Pericardium

Question 3

What connects the kidneys to the bladder?

Answer 3

Ureters

Question 4

The large vessels that carry blood away from the heart?

Answer 4

Arteries

Question 5

The upper chambers of the heart?

Answer 5

Atrium

Question 6

What type of tissues conducts impulses?

Answer 6

Nerve

Question 7

What type of joint is the shoulder or hip?

Answer 7

Ball in socket joint

Question 8

The path food follows through the digestive system?

Answer 8

Alimentary canal

Question 9

What part of the nervous system is the brain and spinal cord?

Answer 9

Central Nervous system

Question 10

A group of cells that work together as a unit?

Answer 10

Tissue

Question 11

What hormones are released by the islets of Langerhans?

Answer 11

Insulin and glucagon

Question 12

What structure controls simple reflexes (like pain)?

Answer 12

Spinal cord

Question 13

What WBCs mature in the thymus?

Answer 13

B cells

Question 14

What is the pigment that affects skin color?

Answer 14

Melanin

Question 15

Where is bile stored?

Answer 15

Gallbladder

Question 16

What is the dome-shaped muscle used in breathing?

Answer 16

Diaphram

Question 17

What structure exchanges oxygen and nutrients between an unborn baby and his mother?

Answer 17

Placenta

Question 18

What is the largest lymphatic organ?

Answer 18

Spleen

Question 19

What is another name for windpipe?

Answer 19

Trachea

Question 20

What is the first section of the small intestine?

Answer 20

Duodenum