Fit And Healthy

Question 1

What is the clavicle

Answer 1

The bone also known as the collarbone

Question 2

What is the sternum

Answer 2

The bone also known as the breast bone that protects your heart

Question 3

What is the vertebral column

Answer 3

Also known as a spine

Question 4

What is the humerus

Answer 4

The funny bone in your arm

Question 5

What is the ulna

Answer 5

A bone in the lower arm

Question 6

What is the thigh bone

Answer 6

The femur

Question 7

What is the shin bone

Answer 7

Tibia

Question 8

What is the calf bone

Answer 8

Fibula

Question 9

What is ball and socket

Answer 9

A type of joint that allows for circular movement

The hip bone

Question 10

What is hinge joint

Answer 10

A type of joint that allows only movement in one dimension

The elbow

Question 11

What is an antagonistic pair

Answer 11

A pair of muscles that work together, when one contracts the other relaxes

Question 12

What is contract

Answer 12

To shorten or tighten

Question 13

What is relax

Answer 13

To lengthen or slacken

Question 14

What is a red blood cell

Answer 14

A cell which carries oxygen

Question 15

What is a white blood cell

Answer 15

A cell which protects against disease

Question 16

What is plasma

Answer 16

The liquid part of the blood which carries glucose minerals carbon dioxide and urea

Question 17

What is haemoglobin

Answer 17

The pigment found in red blood cells which carries oxygen

Question 18

What is the urea

Answer 18

The waste product found in blood which is excreted in urine

Question 19

What is platelets

Answer 19

Pigments of cells which form clots when you have a cut

Question 20

What is tar

Answer 20

The chemical in cigarettes which causes cancer

Question 21

What is carbon monoxide

Answer 21

The chemical you breathe in when smoking

Question 22

What is nicotine

Answer 22

The chemical found in cigarettes which is addictive

Question 23

What are some side effects of smoking

Answer 23

Heart disease lung disease stomach ulcers and psoriasis

Question 24

Give us some facts of plasma

Answer 24

55% of blood is plasma
It is the liquid part of the blood
It can dissolve glucose (sugar), carbon dioxide, salt and urea
It leaks out of capillaries and surrounds all body cells

Question 25

Give some facts of red blood cells

Answer 25

Are made in bone marrow Contain hemoglobin which attracts oxygen It has no nucleus so it can have more space for O2 It dies after 3 months Contribute to about 45% of the bloods composition

Question 26

Give some facts about platelets

Answer 26

Platelets become sticky and make a plug They help to make threads of fibrin that trap red blood cells you bleed Contribute to about 0.05% of the blood

Question 27

Give some facts about white blood cells

Answer 27

Some surround and engulf bacteria Done make antibodies to help destroy bacteria Contributes to about 0.05% of the blood

Question 28

Our Nasal passage and Trachea are lined with mucus producing ______ _____ and hair like _____.

Answer 28

Are Nasal passage and Trachea are lined with mucus producing goblet cells and hair like cilia.