Humans Body Systems Questions

1. What is the body’s heaviest organ?

Brain Heart Liver Skin

2. Babies have more bones than adults.

True False

3. The layer of the skin that you can see is called:

Spine Hypodermis Epidermis Melanin

4. Your bones are hollow

True False

5. The ribs help you stand up tall and protect your nerves
True False

6. You can only control skeletal muscles

True False

7. It takes more muscles to frown than to smile

True False

8. Which part of the brain controls parts of your body automatically, without you having to
think about them?
Amygdala Brain stem Spine Cerebrum

9. Your heart is located in your chest:

A little to the right A little to the left In the center

10. To take care of your heart you need to eat a lot of:
Fats Whole grains Sugar Meat

11. Arteries are doing the following:

Carry blood back to your heart Carry blood away from your heart

12. What is the trachea?

It gets urine out of your bladder It is the windpipe that leads to the lungs
It helps food to travel to the stomach

13. Which organ takes nutrients from food to absorb energy?

Stomach Esophagus Small intestine Large intestine

14. Where are blood cells being made?

In the bones In the heart In the lungs In the brain
15. What does the liver NOT do:
Cleans your blood Puts oxygen in your blood
Stores extra energy Makes antibodies that kill germs

16. Your skin is about as thick as…

A notebook A dime A pancake A plate

17. Why are dairy products good for you?

They help you create antibodies They help you move your muscles
They help you grow strong bones They help the heart function

18. What do muscle fibers feel like?

Strong tissue Rubber band Sponge Liquid

19. Why does asthma make it hard for people to breathe?

It makes lungs gray or with black spots It makes the lungs smaller
It makes the heart weaker It narrows the breathing tubes

20. When you hear the air goes first into:

The eardrum The cochlea The ear canal The Stereocilia

21. What is NOT a disease of the ear

Deafness Osteoporosis Hearing loss Acoustic neuroma

22. What is NOT part of the digestive system

Small intestine Nerves Liver Esophagus

23. When does digestion begin?

Small intestine Esophagus Mouth Stomach

24. The small intestine pushes extra waste out of your body.
True False

25. Muscular dystrophy is a disease where:

The bones get weak The blood doesn’t circulate well
The muscles don’t grow The muscles don’t contract

26. The circulatory system needs another system to work:

Nervous system Skeletal system
Digestive system Respiratory system

27. The hearing system is connected to two of the following systems:

Nervous system Skeletal system Digestive system Respiratory system

28. The respiratory system needs:

Skeletal system Muscular system Circulatory system