Download Human Organ Systems Quiz What is your body‛s largest organ? A

Human Organ Systems Quiz
What is your body‛s largest organ?
A) Heart
B) Large intestine
C) Skin x
D) Brain
The skin does all of these except:
A) Protect our bodies
B) Help keep our bodies at just the
right temperature
C) Help the body absorb sugary
foods x
D) Allow us to have the sense of
touch
What is the outermost layer of
skin?
A) Dermis
B) Epidermis
C) Blubber
D) Subcutaneous layer
What gives skin its color?
A) The dermis
B) Blood vessels
C) Dye
D) Melanin x
Each hair on your body grows out of
a tiny tube in the skin called:
A) Follicle x
B) Straw
C) Pore
D) Sweat gland
What tells your brain how things
feel when you touch them?
A) The dermis
B) Hair
C) Nerve endings x
D) Pores
Blood vessels bring ______ to skin
cells.
A) Sweat
B) Oxygen and nutrients x
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Food
What is your skin‛s natural oil
called?
A) Sweat
B) Melanin
C) Sebum x
D) Vegetable oil
To protect your skin from sun
damage, use:
A) A brimmed hat
B) Sunscreen
C) Lip balm with sunscreen
D) All of the above x
Why do you get goosebumps when
you‛re cold?
A) Gosling reflex
B) Pilomotor reflex x
C) Patellar reflex
D) Gag reflex
Which of the following parts is not
found in the urinary system?
A) Ureters
B) Urethra
C) Bladder
D) Rectum X
Urine is stored here until you‛re
ready to pee:
A) Kidneys
B) Bladder X
C) The garage
D) Urethra
The main function of the urinary
system is to:
X A) Get rid of waste and extra
fluid X
B) Keep waste in the body
C) Get rid of nutrients
D) Make you poop
What very important job do kidneys
have?
A) To make urine
X B) To filter waste out of the
bloodX
C) All of the above
D) None of the above
Urine is carried from the kidneys
to the bladder by two thin tubes
called:
A) Ureters X
B) Tubulars
C) Capillaries
D) Urinary tracts
The _______ is a muscle that
prevents urine from exiting the
bladder until you‛re ready to pee.
A) Calf
B) Quadriceps
C) Pectoral
D) Sphincter X
Urine exits the bladder and the
body through a tube called the:
A) Ureter
B) Urinary tract
C) Urethra X
D) Bladder
If your pee is light or pale yellow, it
means that:
A) You are hydrated X
B) You‛re dehydrated
C) You don‛t have enough yellow
food dye in your diet
D) You aren‛t getting enough sun
Urine is made of:
A) Water and nutrients
B) Water and lemonade
C) Everything you drank that day
D) Water and waste products X
Why is it important to pee when you
have to?
A) To remove toxins and other
harmful things from your blood
B) So your kidneys and bladder stay
healthy
C) So you don‛t pee your pants
D) All of the above X
Biting and picking your nails is OK.
A) True
B) False X
How fast do fingernails grow?
A) 1 inch per month
B) 1/10 of an inch each month X
C) 1/2 inch per month
D) 1 yard per month
What are your nails made out of?
A) Bone
B) Plastic
C) Keratin X
D) Skin cells
If you injure your nail and it falls
off, will a new one grow in its place?
A) No
B) Yes X
When a nail curves down into the
skin as it grows, causing pain and
infection, it‛s called:
A) An ingrown nail X
B) A nail deformity
C) A curvy nail
D) Nail fungus
You can get a bruise under your nail.
A) True X
B) False
What‛s the smallest bone in the
body?
2) Bones meet at:
How many bones does an adult
human have?
A) 500
B) 110
C) 206 x
D) 55
The bones in your spine are called:
A) Cartilage
B) Little bones
C) Ribs
D) Vertebrae x
What‛s in the center of a bone?
A) Cream filling
B) Compact bone
C) Cancellous bone
D) Bone marrow x
Your bones will stop growing by the
time you‛re:
A) 93
B) 25 x
C) 30
D) 13
How many bones are in the spine?
A) 1 million
B) 65
C) 26 x
D) 14
The _______ bone protects your
brain.
A) Tail
B) Shin
C) Back
D) Skull x
The rib cage protects your:
A) Liver
B) Heart
C) Lungs
D) All of the above x
This system controls everything you
do:
A) Nervous system x
B) Olfactory system
C) Respiratory system
D) Endocrine system
Without the nervous system, you
couldn‛t:
A) Walk
B) Breathe
C) Think
D) All of the above x
The nervous system is made up of
these three parts:
A) Brain, heart, and spinal cord
B) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves x
C) Nerves, arteries, and veins
D) Nerves, liver, and heart
Which part of the body is the
control center for the nervous
system?
A) Spinal cord
B) Stomach
C) Brain x
D) Heart
A typical brain weighs how much?
A) 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms) x
B) 3 ounces (85 grams)
C) 3 tons (2.7 metric tons)
D) 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds)
Which part of the brain keeps you
breathing?
Which part of the brain helps keep
your balance so you don‛t fall flat on
your face?
A) Cerebellum x
B) Medulla oblongata
C) Pituitary gland
D) Spinal cord
A) Joints x
B) Ligaments
C) A local restaurant
D) The rib cage
A) Patella
B) Stirrup x
C) Thigh
D) Teeny
A) Breathe-o-meter
B) Brain stem x
C) Pituitary gland
D) Cerebellum
The brain creates connections, or
pathways, between these
microscopic cells:
A) Blood cells
B) Tiny cell phones
C) Brain tissues
D) Neurons x
Your emotions are believed to come
from the:
A) Cerebellum
B) Medulla oblongata
C) Amygdala x
D) Heart
How long is an adult‛s small
intestine?
A) 22 feet x
B) 30 inches
C) 30 miles
D) 17 feet
The digestive process starts in the:
A) Stomach
B) Esophagus
C) Mouth x
D) Bathroom
The liver‛s role is to:
A) Mash up food
B) Turn water into food
C) Help the stomach
D) Remove harmful substances from
the blood x
When they reach the stomach,
mashed-up food particles mix with:
A) Guava juice
B) Gastric juices x
C) Mucus
D) Bile
Bile is made in the:
A) Large intestine
B) Stomach
C) Liver x
D) All of the above
What does the digestive system
do?
A) Breaks down and handles food x
B) Pumps blood throughout the body
C) Helps you breathe
D) Helps your arms and legs move
Your food can spend up to this long
in the small intestine:
A) 4 minutes
B) 4 months
C) 4 seconds
D) 4 hours x
What tube moves food from the
back of your throat to the
stomach?
A) Epiglottis
B) Esophagus x
C) Feeding tube
D) Pharynx
Which organs help with the
absorption of nutrients?
XA) Pancreas, liver, and gall bladder
B) Liver, heart, and spleen
C) Gall bladder, kidneys, and
appendix
D) Kidneys, liver, and bladder
The large intestine measures about:
A) 1 foot long
B) 10 feet long
C) 5 feet long x
D) 100 feet long
Endocrine System
Glands are small organs located
throughout your body that secrete
(that means release) substances
called:
A) Plasma
B) Hormones x
C) Enzymes
D) Bile
Where are the major endocrine
glands located?
A) In the head, shoulders, knees,
and toes
B) In the abdomen, joints, brain,
and spinal column
C) In the brain, neck, abdomen, and
groin x
D) In the gall bladder, appendix,
tonsils, and spleen
Which of the following is not part
of the endocrine system?
A) Thyroid
B) Adrenals
C) Appendix x
D) Pituitary
This gland is sometimes called the
master gland, though it is only
about the size of a pea:
A) Pituitary x
B) Adrenal
C) Pineal
D) Hypothalamus
Hormones help your body by:
A) Telling your cells what to do x
B) Helping you breathe
C) Sending nerve messages
D) Oxidizing your blood
What is your largest endocrine
gland? Hint: It‛s found in your belly!
A) Adrenal
B) Tummy
C) Pituitary
D) Pancreas x
What is a common problem with the
endocrine system?
A) Hemophilia
B) Diabetes x
C) Lung cancer
D) Bad gas
What hormone does the pancreas
make?
A) Insulin x
B) Adrenaline
C) Growth hormones
D) Sugar
Where can you find the pituitary
gland?
A) In your left foot
B) Next to your liver
C) At the base of your brain x
D) Near your heart and lungs
Which gland makes hormones that
help you grow and stay full of
energy?
A) Thyroid x
B) Adrenal
C) Muscle
D) Pituitary
How many chambers does the heart
have?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Four x
D) Three
The movement of blood through the
heart and body is called:
A) Circulation x
B) Locomotion
C) Ventriculation
D) Heart pump
The beating sound your heart
makes comes from:
A) Blood going in the wrong
direction
B) Valves closing x
C) The heart skipping beats
D) Your ears playing tricks on you
With circulation, the heart provides
your body with:
A) Oxygen
B) Nutrients
C) A way to get rid of waste
D) All of the above x
The atria are the “upstairs”
chambers of the heart and these
parts are the “downstairs”
chambers:
A) Valves
B) Ventricles x
C) Blood
D) Candy hearts
What wall separates the left side
and right side of the heart?
A) Ventricle
B) Atrium
C) Septum x
D) The great wall
What parts act like doors that
control blood flow in the heart?
A) Valves x
B) Heart dams
C) Kidneys
D) Chambers
What organ removes waste from
blood?
A) Heart
B) Lungs
C) Eyes
D) Kidneys x
You can keep your heart strong by:
A) Eating heart-shaped candy
B) Doing activities, like playing
outside, riding your bike, and
swimming x
C) Smoking
D) Sleeping 18 hours a day
These are tubes that carry blood
back to the heart:
A) Arteries
B) Veins x
C) Pipes
D) Tubas
The purpose of the immune system
is to:
A) Help germs invade your body
B) Fight off sickness x
C) Make your nose run
D) Give you diarrhea
The immune system is made up of:
A) Tissues
B) Organs
C) Cells
D) All of the above x
As part of the immune system,
white blood cells fight germs.
Another name for white blood cells
is:
A) Rhinovirus
B) Leukocytes x
C) Glands
D) Nodes
The four main types of germs are:
A) Viruses, bacteria, parasites, and
fungi x
B) Viruses, parasites, fungi, and
phagocytes
C) Parasites, bacteria, lymphocytes,
and fungi
D) Small, medium, large, and extra
large
Getting these when you‛re young
helps your immune system fight off
diseases:
A) Stickers
B) Bandages
C) Shots (immunizations) x
D) Cough drops
To be “immune” means what?
A) That you are infected
B) That you are bald
C) That you are more likely to get
sick
D) That you are protected x
Lymph nodes are found in the:
A) Neck
B) Armpits
C) Groin
D) All of the above x
When someone‛s immune system
overreacts to something harmless
it‛s called:
A) Overreactus maximus
B) An allergy x
C) A sneeze
D) The measles
Which of the following will not help
your immune system?
A) Playing sports video games x
B) Exercising
C) Eating healthy food
D) Regularly washing your hands
Your body couldn‛t breathe without
this system. Which one is it?
A) Perspiration system
B) Respiratory system x
C) Photosynthesis
D) Urinary system
The respiratory system is made up
of the trachea, the lungs, and the:
A) Liver
B) Diaphragm x
C) Esophagus
D) Pancreas
When you breathe in air, you bring
oxygen into your lungs and blow out:
A) Carbon dioxide x
B) Carbon monoxide
C) Oxygen
D) Hydrogen
When you inhale, your lungs:
A) Inflate x
B) Turn purple
C) Deflate
D) Do a dance
What is the name of the tiny air
sacs in your lungs?
A) Bronchioles
B) Ravioli
C) Alveoli x
D) Bronx
_________ is not good for your
lungs.
A) Exercising
B) Singing
C) Smoking x
D) Yelling
The trachea is also called the:
A) Lung
B) Diaphragm
C) Windpipe x
D) Bronchus
The tiny hairs that keep mucus and
dirt out of your lungs are called:
A) Lung hairs
B) Stubble
C) Bronchioles
D) Cilia x
The voice box is also known as the:
A) Alveoli
B) Larynx x
C) Trachea
D) Motormouth
As you breathe, this contracts and
flattens to give your lungs room to
fill up with air:
A) Larynx
B) Lung balloon
C) Diaphragm x
D) Bronchiole