The Human Body

Question 1

Digestive System

Answer 1

The digestive system’s job is to move and digest food around your body. It also allows your body to get nutrients and energy you need from food.

Question 2

Parts of the Digestive System

Answer 2

The parts are: your mouth; your teeth; saliva; your tongue; your esophagus; your stomach; your small intestine; your large intestine

Three Interesting Facts: bolus is mushed up food; the stomach is in the shape of a “J”; the small intestine is about 22 ft long

Question 3

Circulatory System

Answer 3

The circulatory systems job is to transport blood around your body.

Question 4

Parts of the Circulatory System

Answer 4

The parts are: the heart; blood vessels and blood

Question 5

Muscular System

Answer 5

Works with skeletal system and allows movement

Question 6

Parts of the Muscular System

Answer 6

Muscles

Question 7

Respiratory System

Answer 7

The respiratory system’s job is to move air to your lungs. It also exchanges gasses between you and the outside.

Question 8

Parts of the Respiratory System

Answer 8

The parts are: the mouth; the windpipe; the lungs; bronchioles; the lungs; the bronchi; diaphragm

Question 9

Skeletal System

Answer 9

Protects important organs, provides support and helps you move

Question 10

Parts of the Skeletal System

Answer 10

Bones

Three Interesting Facts: you can’t move without bones; your bones produce blood cells; bones are made out of calcium

Question 11

Nervous System

Answer 11

The job is to sends fast messages to your brain and the brain sends a message back to the body part, resulting a movement.

Question 12

Parts of the Nervous System

Answer 12

The parts are the brain, your nerves, and your spinal cord.

Question 13

What are some of the major systems of your body?

Answer 13

Respiratory system
Circulatory system
Nervous system
Skeleton system
Muscular system
Immune system
Excretory System 
Endocrine System

Question 14

Name the 3 major arm bones and leg bones

Answer 14

Arm bones are
Humerus
Radius
Ulna

Leg bones
Femur
Tibia
Fibula

Question 15

How many bones are in a human skeleton?

Answer 15

There are 206 bones in your body

Question 16

Briefly describe how an X-ray works.

Answer 16

An X-ray uses radiation to see through you

Question 17

What are the four types of bones?

Answer 17

Long bones; short bones; flat bones; irregular bones

Question 18

TRUE or FALSE

Answer 18

Bones of the skeletal system are stronger than steel: True

Bones make red blood cells: True

The Femur is an irregular bone: False

Question 19

What are the three types of muscles?

Answer 19

Skeleton Muscle, (close to the bones) Cardiac Muscle (in the heart) and the Smooth Muscle (they appear to be smoother than other muscles)

Question 20

What are the 6 major blood types? Which one is most common?

Answer 20

A
B
AB
O is the most common
(Positive or negative)

Question 21

How does the Respiratory System enable us to speak?

Answer 21

The vocal cords become tight,squeeze together and force air from the lungs to move between them. The air causes the vocal cords to vibrate and produce sound.

Question 22

What role do Cilia play in our Respiratory System?

Answer 22

The cilia (hair like structures that are outside of cell lining the bronchus) uses their wave like motions to move the mucus up and away from the lungs and back into the throat. helps to trap and remove toxins,debris protecting the lungs and respiratory system.

Question 23

What is the most important organ in your body?

Answer 23

The brain

Question 24

What are the 3 major parts of the brain?

Answer 24

Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Brain stem

Question 25

In which part of the digestive system does the body absorb most of the nutrients?
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Answer 25

The walls of the small intestine absorb the digested nutrients into the bloodstream.

Question 26

What are the two parts of the central nervous system?

Answer 26

The brain and spinal cord