Deck 10: The Human Body

Question 1

Which of the following would be most closely associated with the term voluntary muscle?

A) Skeletal muscle
B) Cardiac muscle
C) A muscle that lines the arteries
D) A muscle that lines the stomach

Answer 1

Skeletal muscle

Question 2

Which food group identified on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate guide is the group from
Which a person should eat the most servings daily?

A) Fruits
B) Dairy
C) Protein
D) Vegetables

Answer 2

Vegetables

Question 3

Which of the following is used to facilitate energy production in your body's cells and then remains in the body?

A) Heat
B) Water
C) Oxygen
D) Carbon dioxide

Answer 3

Oxygen

Question 4

Which of the following are vessels that carry blood from the ventricles to various parts of the body?

A) Veins
B) Arteries
C) Ventricles
D) Capillaries

Question 5

Which of the following hold the bones of joints together in the human body?

A) Hinges
B) Pivotals
C) Ligaments
D) Balls-and-sockets

Question 6

Which of the following organs is responsible for excreting urea?

A) Skin
B) Lungs
C) Small intestine
D) Large intestine

Question 7

Which of the following materials, of which human blood is made, consists of 90% water?

A) Plasma
B) Clotting agent
C) Red blood cell
D) White blood cell

Question 8

The nucleus of a human sperm cell and the nucleus of a human egg cell contain how many chromosomes each?

A) 20
B) 21
C) 22
D) 23

Question 9

Which of the following describes the result of two ova being fertilized by two sperm?

A) Quadruplets
B) Identical twins
C) Siamese twins
D) Fraternal twins

Question 10

The oxygen the body needs to produce energy from food is contained in the air we breathe, which consists of which of the following percentages of Oxygen and Nitrogen, respectively?

A) 40% and 59%
B) 59% and 40%
C) 21% and 78%
D) 78% and 21%

Question 11

In a paragraph, describe the basic parts of the human nervous system.

Question 12

In a paragraph, describe the basic parts of the human reproductive system.

Question 13

In no more than three sentences, describe the essential functions of the circulatory system.

Question 14

In no more than three sentences, describe the essential functions of the excretory system.

Question 15

In no more than three sentences, describe the essential functions of the skeletal-muscular system.

Question 16

A person chews on a cracker and swallows it. In three sentences, describe the nutrients that the cracker is likely to provide.

Question 17

Assuming the same cracker was eaten as in question 7, in three sentences explain how the nutrients contained therein are used to maintain life.

Question 18

Identify each of the five senses, and for each outline how the information taken in is carried to the brain.

Question 19

Describe each step in the process of human reproduction, from fertilization to birth.