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LIFE SCIENCE RANDOM
CARMALT - Random questions on human body, functions, parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 front teeth on top and bottom of human mouth | incisors |
| pointed teeth behind incisors, aka "eye teeth" | canines |
| all teeth in human mouth other than incisors and canines | molars |
| energy producing organelle in a cell | mitochondrion |
| organelle that breaks down dead cells | lysosome |
| organelle that assembles proteins | ribosome |
| cell division phase where all chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell | metaphase |
| cell division phase where chromosomes pull apart | anaphase |
| cell division phase where nuclear membrane disappear | prophase |
| digestive system organ with friendly microbes and loves to soak up water | large intestines |
| system that controls response to invading microorganisms | immune system |
| 4 blood times | A, B, AB, O |
| blood cells that play a role in the defense of the body | white blood cells |
| gland increases metabolic rate, maintains calcium and potassium levels in blood | thyroid gland |
| gland elevates heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, breathing but suppresses digestion | adrenal gland |
| master gland controls all other glands | hypothalamus |
| gland regulates immune system | thymus glad |
| hollow ball of cells in early animal development | blastula |
| tissue that eventually forms muscles | mesoderm |
| tissue that forms nerve cells | ectoderm |
| tissue that forms digestive system | endoderm |
| basic units of heredity | genes |
| cell structure where genes are found | chromosomes |
| organisms overall appearance | phenotype |
| energy produced in cell organelles | mitochondria |
| 4 types of organisms that live in or on human body | viruses, bacteria, fungi, microscopic insects |
| blocked blood vessel that serves the brain may cause this | stroke |
| blocked blood vessel in the heart starves the heart muscle and causes this | heart attack |
| weak-walled blood vessel that bulges and may burst is this | aneurysm |
| branches of nerve cells | dendrites |
| three solids that make up human blood | red cells, white cells, platelets |
| fluid of human blood | plasma |
| percentage of water in plasma | 90% |
| percentage of sugars, fats, salts, gases and proteins in blood | 10% |
| CNS means ___ | Central Nervous System |
| 2 parts of the central nervous system | brain, spinal column |
| part of brain that controls respiration, circulation, swallowing | medulla |
| part of brain that controls balance and coordination | cerebellum |
| part of brain that processes sensory information, controls voluntary muscles, center of thought, learning, memory, language, emotion | cerebrum |
| Stopping antibiotics too soon results in "super bug" bacteria that is _____ to the antibiotic. | resistant |
| warm-blooded, skin covered with hair, nurse young, live birth | mammal |
| human's complete classification: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species | Animalia, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Primate, Hominidae, Homo, sapiens |
| cell organelle controls what enters and leaves nucleus | nuclear membrane |
| site for protein manufacture | ribosome |
| cell organelle that breaks down cell structure | lysosome |
| membrane network within a cell | endoplasmic reticulum |
| filtering unit of the kidney | nephron |
| connect sensory and motor neurons | interneurons |
| verb meaning to supply with nerves | innervate |
| neurons that innervate muscles | motor neurons |
| neurons that transmit signals from receptors | sensory neurons |
| nerve ending that carries out CNS commands, ie. impulse to contract muscle or glandular secretion | effectors |
| main nerve trunk line | spinal cord |
| element largest in human exhaled air | nitrogen 78% (16% oxygen, 4% carbon dioxide) |
| causes "blind spot" in human eye | optic nerve |
| back part of eye | retina |
| transparent part of the eye that covers iris and pupil | cornea |
| blood protein that helps clot blood | fibrin |
| type of immunity where body creates antibodies in response to disease organism | active immunity |
| type of immunity where protection by antibodies produced by the mother in the womb or by vaccine | passive immunity |
| job of phagocytes, T-cells and B-cells | find and destroy harmful bacteria and viruses |
| human organ hepatitis E attacks | liver |
| type of organism that causes hepatitis E | virus |
| hormone that produces female secondary sexual characteristics like breasts | estrogen |
| hormone that promotes growth of the uterine lining | progesterone |
| hormone that produces male secondary sexual characteristics like facial hair | testosterone |
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