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Nervous/Reproductive
Human Body Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Opening in eye where light enters | Pupil |
| Part of brain known as the "little brain" that controls movement,balance and ability to learn | Cerebellum |
| Transparent covering of eye | Cornea |
| Vision is processed in which lobe? | Occipital lobe |
| Which lobe is responsible for hearing? | Temporal lobe |
| Personality and impulse control is processed in which lobe? | Frontal lobe |
| Touch and sensation are processed in which lobe? | Parietal |
| The part of the brain that controls involuntary life functions including heartbeat, breathing and digestion | Brain Stem |
| Colored part of eye | Iris |
| Water-like fluid between cornea and lens | Aqueous humor |
| Jelly-like fluid between lens and retina | Vitreous humor |
| The white part of your eye is the | Sclera |
| Part of eye that contains the rods and cones | Retina |
| Photoreceptor that helps you see color | Cones |
| Photoreceptor that helps you see black, white, gray and in dim light | Rods |
| What happens to your pupil in a dark room? | Grows larger - dilates |
| What is the purpose of the vitreous and aqueous humor? | To give eye its shape |
| Part of eye that focuses light onto the retina | Lens |
| When two eggs are released and fertilized, what type of twins develop? | Fraternal twins |
| The female organ that contains eggs | Ovaries |
| When one egg is fertilized and spits in two, what type of twins develop? | Identical twins |
| The male organ that produces sperm | Testes |
| The organ where the baby develops | Uterus |
| The uniting of sperm with egg is called | Fertilization |
| Fertilization usually takes place in the | Fallopian tube |
| The male reproductive gamete | Sperm |
| The female reproductive gamate | Egg |
| What process forms gametes? | Meiosis |
| After fertilization, by what process does the developing embryo grow? | Mitosis |
| Sac that contains the testes | Scrotum |
| The baby receives its nutrients from the mother's ___? | Blood |