*ViVa Questions.*
- Skeletal System
1. What is the name of the longest bone in the human body?
Answer: Femur
2. Which bone protects the brain?
Answer: Cranium
3. What is the name of the bone that forms the lower jaw?
Answer: Mandible
4. How many bones are in the human skeleton?
Answer: 206
5. What is the name of the joint that connects the arm to the shoulder?
Answer: Shoulder joint
- Muscular System
1. What is the name of the muscle that connects the arm to the shoulder?
Answer: Deltoid
2. Which muscle is responsible for flexing the elbow?
Answer: Biceps
3. What is the name of the muscle that extends the knee?
Answer: Quadriceps
4. How many muscles are in the human body?
Answer: Approximately 640
5. What is the name of the muscle that helps us breathe?
Answer: Diaphragm
- Circulatory System
1. What is the name of the artery that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body?
Answer: Aorta
2. Which vein returns deoxygenated blood to the heart?
Answer: Vena cava
3. What is the name of the blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the muscles?
Answer: Arteriole
4. How many chambers are in the human heart?
Answer: 4
5. What is the name of the valve that separates the left atrium and ventricle?
Answer: Mitral valve
- Nervous System
1. What is the name of the largest part of the brain?
Answer: Cerebrum
2. Which nerve carries messages from the eye to the brain?
Answer: Optic nerve
3. What is the name of the nerve that controls movement in the arm?
Answer: Brachial plexus
4. How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
Answer: 12
5. What is the name of the nerve that carries messages from the skin to the brain?
Answer: Sensory nerve
- Respiratory System
1. What is the name of the organ that brings oxygen into the body?
Answer: Lungs
2. Which tube carries air from the nose to the lungs?
Answer: Trachea
3. What is the name of the muscle that helps expand the lungs?
Answer: Diaphragm
4. How many lobes are in the right lung?
Answer: 3
5. What is the name of the air sacs where gas exchange occurs?
Answer: Alveoli
- Digestive System
1. What is the name of the organ that breaks down food into smaller molecules?
Answer: Stomach
2. Which tube carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
Answer: Esophagus
3. What is the name of the organ that absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream?
Answer: Small intestine
4. How many teeth are in the adult human mouth?
Answer: 32
5. What is the name of the gland that produces bile to help digest fat?
Answer: Liver
- Integumentary System
1. What is the name of the outermost layer of the skin?
Answer: Epidermis
2. Which layer of skin contains hair follicles and sweat glands?
Answer: Dermis
3. What is the name of the tough, protein-based tissue that makes up the skin?
Answer: Collagen
4. How many layers are in the epidermis?
Answer: 5
5. What is the name of the gland that produces sweat?
Answer: Sudoriferous gland
- Urinary System
1. What is the name of the organ that filters waste and excess water from the blood?
Answer: Kidneys
2. Which tube carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder?
Answer: Ureter
3. What is the name of the muscle that helps expel urine from the body?
Answer: Urinary sphincter
4. How many nephrons are in each kidney?
Answer: Approximately 1 million
5. What is the name of the tube that carries urine out of the body?
Answer: Urethra
- Endocrine System
1. What is the name of the gland that produces hormones that regulate growth and development?
Answer: Pituitary gland
2. Which gland produces hormones that regulate metabolism?
Answer: Thyroid gland
3. What is the name of the gland that produces hormones that regulate blood sugar levels?
Answer: Pancreas
4. How many endocrine glands are in the human body?
Answer: 8
5. What is the name of the hormone that regulates water balance in the body?
Answer: Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
- Immune System
1. What is the name of the organ that filters lymph fluid and removes pathogens?
Answer: Spleen
2. Which cells are responsible for attacking and destroying pathogens?
Answer: White blood cells
3. What is the name of the protein-based substance that helps fight infection?
Answer: Antibody
4. How many types of white blood cells are there?
Answer: 5 (neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils)
5. What is the name of the organ that produces lymphocytes?
Answer: Thymus
6. Which type of white blood cell is responsible for remembering specific pathogens?
Answer: Memory cell
7. What is the name of the process by which the immune system attacks and destroys foreign substances?
Answer: Phagocytosis
8. How many lymph nodes are in the human body?
Answer: Approximately 600
9. What is the name of the vessel that carries lymph fluid?
Answer: Lymphatic vessel
10. Which organ is responsible for producing antibodies?
Answer: Bone marrow
