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The Human Anatomy

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ______ is the main organ of the nervous system.

a)

Heart

b)

Brain

c)

Lungs

d)

Skin

2.

The spinal cord helps _______travel from the nerves in the brain to the nerves in the rest of the body

a)

Blood

b)

Messages

c)

Oxygen

d)

Waste

3.

The arteries in the heart carry the blood_______ from the heart

a)

Away

b)

To

c)

Around

d)

Behind

4.

The average amount of bones in an adult is ______

a)

200

b)

260

c)

206

d)

199

5.

How many bones does an average newborn have?

a)

300

b)

400

c)

326

d)

302

6.

What is the biggest organ?

a)

Lungs

b)

Heart

c)

Skin

d)

Muscles

7.

What is the "control center" of the cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

DNA

d)

Ribosome

8.

If the DNA strands in just ONE cell were stretched out in a line, it would be about _________ long

a)

1 meter

b)

2 meters

c)

10 meters

d)

0.5 meters

9.

What is the first layer of the skin called?

a)

Aquadermis

b)

Dormin

c)

Dermis

d)

Epidermis

10.

The thinnest skin in the body is on the________

a)

Ears

b)

Lips

c)

Eyelids

d)

Nose

11.

The thickest skin is on the _________

a)

The top of your head

b)

The palm of your hands

c)

Soles of your feet

d)

Your cheek

12.

What does melanin decide?

a)

The number of freckles

b)

Skin color

c)

Hair color

d)

Hair length

13.

What is the trachea?

a)

It carries the blood to the heart

b)

It carries the blood away from the heart

c)

It carries air into the lungs

d)

It carries carbon-di-oxide away from the lungs

14.

What are the ears and tips of the nose made out of?

a)

Carmileage

b)

Cartilage

c)

Amory

d)

Magnum

15.

How many miles of blood vessels does the brain have?

a)

400

b)

300

c)

700

d)

500

16.

How many hemispheres does the brain have?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

6

d)

2

17.

How much percent of the body's energy does the brain use?

a)

30%

b)

40%

c)

20%

d)

10%

18.

How many nerve cells are in the brain?

a)

90 billion

b)

100 billion

c)

80 billion

d)

200 billion

19.

The average weight of an adult's brain?

a)

1 kg

b)

2 kg

c)

1.5 kg

d)

2.5 kg

20.

How long does food take to travel from the mouth to the stomach?

a)

10 seconds

b)

20 seconds

c)

5 seconds

d)

7 seconds

21.

How many liters of saliva are produced every day?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

2.5

d)

3

22.

How many days does the average person spend brushing their teeth in their lifetime?

a)

30

b)

35

c)

38

d)

40

23.

How many tastebuds are on a child's tongue?

a)

15,000

b)

30,000

c)

8000

d)

10,000

24.

How many tastebuds are on an adult's tongue

a)

10,000

b)

6000

c)

7000

d)

8000

25.

How many smell receptors are in the nose

a)

25,000,000

b)

20,000,000

c)

19,000,000

d)

27,000,000

26.

How many colors can the eye recognize?

a)

5 million

b)

6 million

c)

9 million

d)

10 million

27.

How many times does the eye blink in an average lifetime?

a)

400 million

b)

415 million

c)

430 million

d)

450 million

28.

How far is the farthest galaxy our eyes can see?

a)

3 million light-years

b)

2 million light-years

c)

2.5 million light-years

d)

3.5 million light-years

29.

What is the width of the ear canal?

a)

7mm

b)

8mm

c)

6mm

d)

5mm

30.

How many sound-detecting hair cells are in the cochlea?

a)

20,000

b)

17,000

c)

19,000

d)

16,000

31.

How many pairs of ribs are there?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

32.

How many vertebrae are in your neck?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

33.

How many times does the average heartbeat in a lifetime?

a)

2.5 billion

b)

3 billion

c)

4 billion

d)

3.5 billion

34.

The heart pumps blood through the aorta at ____mph

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

1.5

35.

How many blood cells are in every drop of blood

a)

6 million

b)

2 million

c)

4 million

d)

5 million

36.

How many "liters" of air does the typical adult breathe in a day?

a)

10,000

b)

9,000

c)

11,000

d)

12,000

37.

Every second, your body produces______ cells

a)

20,000,000

b)

15,000,000

c)

25,000,000

d)

17,000,000

38.

The largest bone in the body is the

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Anvil

d)

Leg

39.

What system in the body is made of bones

a)

Muscular

b)

Skeletal

c)

Nervous

d)

Digestive

40.

What percent of the adult human body is water?

a)

50

b)

60

c)

70

d)

80

41.

How many humans are in America?

a)

7 billion

b)

4 billion

c)

300 million

d)

800 million

42.

How many mph is a sneeze?

a)

20

b)

10

c)

30

d)

100

43.

The smallest bone in the human body is about the size of:

a)

A strand of hair

b)

A grain of rice

c)

A thumb

d)

A spoon

44.

The smallest bones in the body are found in the:

a)

Arms

b)

Ears

c)

Neck

d)

Foot

45.

How many taste buds does the average person have?

a)

9000

b)

10,000

c)

9 million

d)

10 million

46.

How many different types of taste buds are there?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

100

d)

200

47.

How many sweat glands does the average person have?

a)

1 million

b)

2.6 million

c)

26 million

d)

260 million

48.

If you were to stretch out your entire digestive system, how long would it be?

a)

10 ft

b)

20 ft

c)

30 ft

d)

50 ft

49.

Most common blood type is ..

a)

B+

b)

O+

c)

AB-

d)

B-

50.

How many watts of electricity can the brain produce?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

23

d)

33