Welcome to the anatomy scavenger hunt. In this hunt, you will answer three questions in each of the following five categories: muscles, bones, sensory mechanisms, nervous system, and respiratory system. Remember to read each question carefully. Use the links embedded in the questions to find the answers. Once you are finished you can check your answers by going to the answer key page. Good luck!
4. Both the brain and the spinal cord are protected by
a). The brain by the bones of the skull, and the spinal cord by a set of ring-shaped bones called
b). They're both cushioned by layers of membranes called
c. as well as a special fluid called cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps protect the nerve tissue, keep it healthy, and remove waste products.
a) All the muscles in your body and organs that control things like eating and digesting b) Your digestive system c) Made up of your brain, your spinal cord, and an enormous network of nerves that thread throughout your body
6. Name at least three things your nervous system controls?
Muscles
1. How many muscles are in your body?
2. What are the three different types of muscles and where can you find them?
3. Give 3 examples of involuntary muscles.
Nervous System
4. Both the brain and the spinal cord are protected by
a). The brain by the bones of the skull, and the spinal cord by a set of ring-shaped bones called
b). They're both cushioned by layers of membranes called
c. as well as a special fluid called cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps protect the nerve tissue, keep it healthy, and remove waste products.
5 What is your nervous system made up of?
a) All the muscles in your body and organs that control things like eating and digesting
b) Your digestive system
c) Made up of your brain, your spinal cord, and an enormous network of nerves that thread throughout your body
6. Name at least three things your nervous system controls?
Special Senses
7. What type of photoreceptor cells allow humans to see in color?
8. How many odors can the average human being recognize? How is the sense of smell similar to the sense of taste?
9. What is the pinna, and what is it for?
10. What part of the brain processes touch, temperature, and pain?
Respiratory System
11. Once air is expelled from the body, it contains this much more carbon dioxide than it did before.
12. True or False: Cystic Fibrosis is easily curable by vaccination.
13. Why do people yawn?
14. Why is the right lung proven to be larger than the left lung?
Bones
15. How many bones make up our skeletal system? What are the 5 main classifications of these bones?
16. What is ossification? At what age is the body said to be "skeletally mature"?
17. Name the 5 functions of bone.
18. List the 5 categories of bones that make up our vertebrae. Why is the vertebral column so important?
Authors of this page are Miranda Craig, Jennifer Corgert, Ashley George, Amy Boyd and Lauren List.