TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE of the Human Body

1. What is the longest, strongest, and largest bone in the body?

2. How is a zygote formed?

3. The four major types of tissues in the body are?

4. A nephrologist specializes in the treatment of what?

5. Which of the organs of the body is approximately seven meters in length?

6. Human beings share 98.8% of their DNA with which animal?

7. True or false, foods high in saturated fats can raise blood cholesterol?

8. DTaP vaccines protect us from which diseases?

9. What is the name of the vein that returns blood from the brain to the heart?

10. In the human body, which tissue stores fats?

11. A person’s inability to speak is called?

12. What instrument is used to measure blood pressure?

13. What percentage of the world’s total population is obese?

14. Which organ of the human body does Hepatitis A affect?

15. Prostate, pituitary, and thyroid are all examples of what?

16. How many patella’s does the average human being have?

17. When a person has a cardiac arrest, which organ of the body has stopped?

18. True or false, Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine.

19. In medical science, what is the inflammation of the uterus called?

20. The adrenal gland produces which hormone?

21. True or false, periodontitis is the inflammation of the human gums

22. The most common type of diabetes is?

Answers

1. Femur

2. Through fertilization — the fusion of the male sperm and female egg

3. Connective tissues, muscle tissues, nervous tissues, and lining cells

4. Kidney

5. Small intestine

6. Chimpanzee

7. True

8. Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis

9. Jugular vein

10. Adipose tissue

11. Aphonia

12. Sphygmomanometer

13. Almost 30%

14. Liver

15. Glands

16. Two

17. Heart

18. True

19. Metritis

20. Cortisol, aldosterone and adrenaline

21. False, it is gingivitis

22. Type 2 diabetes