Human Body Vocabulary Quiz

What is a muscle that works or moves on its own?

• involuntary muscle

• voluntary muscle

What is a muscle that can be controlled?

• involuntary muscle

• voluntary muscle

What is a place in the body where bones come together and movement can occur?

• joint

• ligament

What is a tough, flexible connecting tissue that attaches one bone to another bone at a joint?

• joint

• ligament

What carries messages to and from the brain?

• nerve

• organ

What is a group of tissues working together?

• nerve

• organ

What is an involuntary response not controlled by the brain?

• reflex

• medulla

What is the smallest part of the brain that controls many involuntary movements?

• reflex

• medulla

What is the smallest unit of an organism that carries out all activities of life?

• cell

• cerebellum

What part of the brain smoothes and coordinates movement?

• cerebellum

• cerebrum