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Health Science Intro to the Human Body

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which system enables the body to move, moves food through the digestive system, and keeps the heart beating?
a)
skeletal 
b)
muscular
c)
digestive
d)
nervous
2.
Which system provides shape and support, enables you to move, protects your internal organs, and stores minerals?
a)
skeletal
b)
muscular
c)
digestive
d)
nervous
3.
Which system provides shape and support, enables you to move, protects your internal organs, and stores minerals?
a)
skeletal
b)
muscular
c)
digestive
d)
nervous
4.

Which system takes oxygen into the body and eliminates carbon dioxide?

a)

endocrine

b)

nervous

c)

respiratory

d)

circulatory

5.
Which system takes food into the body, breaks down food, and absorbs the digested materials?
a)
respiratory
b)
circulatory
c)
digestive
d)
excretory
6.

Which system is made of the smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscles?

a)

skeletal

b)

muscular

c)

nervous

d)

endocrine

7.
Which system detects information from the environment and directs the way your body responds to this information?
a)
excretory
b)
circulatory
c)
respiratory
d)
nervous
8.
Which system includes bones, cartilage, and ligaments?
a)
nervous
b)
muscular
c)
skeletal
d)
excretory
9.

Which system produces hormones in your body?

a)

endocrine

b)

circulatory

c)

lymphatic/immune

d)

digestive

10.
Which system includes the mouth, esophagus, and the small and large intestines?
a)
nervous
b)
excretory
c)
respiratory
d)
digestive
11.

Which system fights disease?

a)

endocrine

b)

nervous

c)

lymphatic/immune

d)

digestive

12.
Which system collects and removes wastes?
a)
Muscular
b)
Circulatory
c)
Digestive
d)
Excretory
13.
Which system carries needed materials to the body cells and carries wastes away from the body cells?
a)
Circulatory
b)
Digestive
c)
Nervous
d)
Excretory
14.

Which system includes the lymph, lymph nodes, white blood cells, T and B cells?

a)

Excretory

b)

Digestive

c)

Lymphatic/Immune

d)

Nervous

15.
Which system includes the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, lungs and skin?
a)
digestive
b)
excretory
c)
circulatory
d)
muscular
16.
Which system includes the heart and blood vessels?
a)
respiratory
b)
circulatory
c)
nervous 
d)
skeletal
17.
Which system includes the brain, spinal cord, eyes, ears, and skin?
a)
Muscular
b)
Nervous
c)
Respiratory
d)
Skeletal
18.

Which three body systems allow you to move?

a)

muscular, skeletal, digestive

b)

nervous, respiratory, digestive

c)

nervous, muscular, skeletal

d)

Muscular, skeletal, circulatory

19.
Which two body systems work together to break down food and get rid of wastes?
a)
digestive and excretory
b)
digestive and circulatory
c)
excretory and respiratory
d)
nervous and digestive
20.
List the levels of organization in the human body in order from least complex to most complex…
a)
Tissues, cells, organ systems, organs, and organism
b)
Cells, tissues, organ systems, organs, and organism
c)
Cells, tissues, organs, organism, and organ systems
d)
Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organism
21.

Describes the front or direction toward the front of the body

a)

Anterior

b)

superior

c)

posterior

d)

Inferior

22.

describes a position above or higher than another part of the body proper.

a)

Anterior

b)

Posterior

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

23.

describes a position closer to the surface of the body.

a)

Distal

b)

Medial

c)

Lateral

d)

Superficial

24.

It describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body.

a)

Inferior

b)

Proximal

c)

Superior

d)

Anterior

25.

It describes the middle or direction toward the middle of the body.

a)

Medial

b)

Lateral

c)

Anterior

d)

Superior

26.

Describes the back or direction toward the back of the body.

a)

Posterior

b)

Anterior

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

27.

It describes a position below or lower than another part of the body

a)

Superior

b)

Anterior

c)

Inferior

d)

posterior

28.

It describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body.

a)

Proximal

b)

Distal

c)

Medial

d)

Superficial

29.

It describes the side or direction toward the side of the body.

a)

Medial

b)

Superficial

c)

Lateral

d)

Deep

30.

It describes a position farther from the surface of the body

a)

Superficial

b)

Deep

c)

Proximal

d)

Distal

31.

Which of these does not occur when in Anatomical Position

a)

Face forward

b)

Feet forward

c)

Palms facing backward

d)

Palms facing forward

32.

Dorsal means...

a)

the front

b)

the back

c)

the side

d)

the top

33.

Ventral means...

a)

the front

b)

the back

c)

the side

d)

the top

34.

When describing something that is "closer to the torso" it is...

a)

Proximal

b)

Distal

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

35.

When describing things that are on the same side of the body they are...

a)

Unilateral

b)

Bilateral

c)

Ipsilateral

d)

Contralateral