Jikishin Ju Jitsu Association Human Anatomy Quiz

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  1. Which is the four chambered muscular organ which includes the right and left ventricles and the right and left auricle?

    2. Your answer:
    The heart
    The liver
    The spleen

  2. The smallest bones in the body are the Malleus (Hammer), Incus (Anvil) and Stapes (Stirrup). Where are they located, and what is the collective name for them?

    3. Your answer:
    In the nose, Inferior Turbinate
    Under the tongue, Hyoid
    In the ear, Ossicles

  3. Breathing in and out is known as what?

    4. Your answer:
    Respiration
    Inhalation
    Expiration

  4. What two organs form the central nervous system?

    5. Your answer:
    Brain and spinal chord
    Brain and cranial nerves
    Cerebellum and medulla oblongata

  5. Approximately how many muscles are there in the human body?

    6. Your answer:
    Over 600
    Over 900
    Over 300

  6. How many teeth makes up a full set for an adult?

    7. Your answer:
    64
    32
    40

  7. Which organ is located between the 9th ands 11th ribs, touching the left kidney?

    8. Your answer:
    The spleen
    The heart
    The liver

  8. What is the largest muscle in the body?

    9. Your answer:
    Gluteus maximus
    Sartorius
    Brachialis

  9. Which organ is responsible for eliminating toxins and monitoring the levels of water, acids, salts and protein in the body?

    10. Your answer:
    The kidneys
    The liver
    The spleen

  10. Where are the Tarsals?

    11. Your answer:
    In the chest
    In the hand
    In the foot

  11. Breathing in and out is known technically as what?

    12. Your answer:
    Inhalation and exhalation
    Inspiration and expiration
    Inception and exception

  12. The ankle is made up of which of the following bones?

    13. Your answer:
    Capitate, hamate, lunate, scaphoid, pisiform, trapezium, triquetral, and trapeziod
    Atlas, axis, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx
    Talus, navicular, calcaneum, 3 cuneiforms and cuboid

  13. How many parts is the brain divided into?

    14. Your answer:
    5 - Cerebllum, cerebrum, midbain, medulla oblongata, pons varioli
    3 - Cerebrum, cerebellum, pons varioli
    2 - Cerebrum & Spinal Chord

  14. What is the average heart rate resting, standing and during strenuous exercise?

    15. Your answer:
    80 / 90 / 140 beats per minute
    70 / 80 / 120 beats per minute
    60 / 70 / 100 beats per minute

  15. How many vertebrae make up the spine?

    16. Your answer:
    33
    26
    42

  16. Which are the bones of the wrist?

    17. Your answer:
    Capitate, hamate, lunate, scaphoid, pisiform, trapezium, triquetral, and trapeziod
    Talus, navicular, calcaneum, 3 cuneiforms and cuboid
    Atlas, axis, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx

  17. In the ear, what is the vibrating membrane which detects sound?

    18. Your answer:
    Outer ear
    Vestibular nerve
    Eardrum

  18. Which organ deals with the destruction of worn out blood corpuscles, manufactures lymphocytes and holds a reserve supply of blood?

    19. Your answer:
    The gall bladder
    The spleen
    The liver

  19. Where will you find the metatarsals?

    20. Your answer:
    In the skull
    In the hand
    In the foot

  20. Approximately how many filter units are there in the kidney?

    21. Your answer:
    One hundred thousand
    One million
    Ten million

  21. What is the correct path for air entering the body?

    22. Your answer:
    Mouth /nose, pharynx, oesophagus, bronchus, lungs
    Mouth/ nose, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
    Mouth / nose, throat, gullet, lungs

  22. How many ribs (in pairs) does an adult human have?

    23. Your answer:
    12
    16
    10

  23. Where will you find the lunate and scaphoid bones?

    24. Your answer:
    In the face
    In the wrist
    In the ankle

  24. What is the size and weight of the kidneys?

    25. Your answer:
    20 cms (8") long by 13 cms (5") wide, weighing 200 gms (7 oz)
    5 cms (2") long by 4 cms (1.5") wide, weighing 100 gms (3.5 oz)
    10 cms (4") long by 6.5 cms (2.5") wide, weighing 140 gms (5 oz)

  25. How many thoracic vertebrae are there in the body?

    26. Your answer:
    12
    8
    16

  26. Where would you find the organ of Corti?

    27. Your answer:
    In the heart
    In the brain
    In the ear

  27. What is the weight of the average adult brain?

    28. Your answer:
    1.4 kgs (3 lbs)
    340 gms (7 oz)
    3 kgs (6.5 lbs)

  28. About how long is the spleen, and approximately how much does it weigh?

    29. Your answer:
    13 cms (5") long, about 200 gms (7oz)
    10 cms (4") long, about 140 gms (5oz)
    45 cms (17.5") long, 1.4 kgs (3 lbs)

  29. What are the names, of the of ribs in the human body, and how many (in pairs), are there?

    30. Your answer:
    12 - 7 true, 3 false and 2 floating
    13 - 6 true, 4 false and 3 floating
    18 - 12 true, 4 false and 2 floating

  30. How much water passing through the kidneys is returned to the bloodstream, and how much is passed to the bladder as urine?

    31. Your answer:
    90% / 10%
    75% / 25%
    99% / 1%

  31. What is the approximate thickness of the spinal chord?

    32. Your answer:
    About the size of your little finger
    About the size of a closed fist
    About the size of the wrist

  32. What is the proper name for the inner ear?

    33. Your answer:
    Cochlea
    Cerebrum
    Sartorius

  33. Which is the second largest organ in the body?

    34. Your answer:
    The heart
    The liver
    The spleen

  34. What are the organs of respiration?

    35. Your answer:
    The kidneys
    The lungs
    The nose and mouth

  35. Where is the liver located?

    36. Your answer:
    In the back between 9 & 11th ribs touching left kidney
    On left side of chest between 5th & 8th ribs
    High on right side of abdomen

  36. The sternum consists of 3 parts, what are they?

    37. Your answer:
    Manubrium, gladiolus and xiphoid process
    Ilium, ischium and pubis
    Mandible, maxilla and Lacrimal

  37. What is the approximate length of the spinal chord, and where does it extend from and to?

    38. Your answer:
    120 cms (55"), from the cerebellum to the coccyx
    45 cms (17.5 "), from medulla to 1st lumbar vertebra
    10 cms (4") , from medulla to brachial plexus

  38. Where is the organ of Corti, and what is its function?

    39. Your answer:
    In the cerebrum (brain), location of sense of smell
    In the Ear, sends sound impulses to the cerebellum
    In the lungs, allow exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

  39. What is the rate of blood flow through the kidneys?

    40. Your answer:
    1.1 litres (2 pints) per minute
    3 litres (5.5 pints) per minute
    0.6 litres (1 pint) per minute

  40. How does blood enter the heart?

    41. Your answer:
    Through the superior and inferior vena cava and 4 pulmonary veins
    Through the aorta, and left & right pulmonary arteries
    Through the carotid artery and jugular vein

  41. What is the name the most prominent nerve plexus'?

    42. Your answer:
    Radial, femoral and pudendal
    Cervical, brachial and lumbo-sacral
    Median, peroneal and intercostal

  42. How many lobes have the left and right lungs respectively?

    43. Your answer:
    1 & 2
    2 each
    2 & 3

  43. What is the average weight of the liver?

    44. Your answer:
    1.4 - 1.8 kgs (3 - 4 lbs)
    3 to 4 kgs (6 to 9 lbs)
    4.8 kgs (9 lbs)

  44. How many pairs of cranial nerves connect across the brain?

    45. Your answer:
    2
    12
    31

  45. Which bones make up the lower limbs?

    46. Your answer:
    Femur, patella, innominate, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges
    Humerus, radius, ulna,carpals, metacarpals and phalanges
    Frontal, occipital, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal, parietal

  46. Where are the atlas and axis?

    47. Your answer:
    In the face
    In the neck
    In the ankle

  47. What is the only bone without a function?

    48. Your answer:
    Coccyx
    Ischium
    Hyoid

  48. What are the names of the hip bones?

    49. Your answer:
    Ulna, radius
    Scapula, clavicle
    Pelvis, sacrum

  49. Which organ is acts as a purifying plant, and is responsible for building up compounds to send around the body, paricularly glucose for the function of the brain?

    50. Your answer:
    The liver
    The heart
    The kidney

  50. Where is the heart located?

    51. Your answer:
    On left side of chest between 5th & 8th ribs
    In the back between 9 & 11th ribs touching left kidney
    In the back between 9 & 11th ribs touching left kidney

  51. After passing through the kidneys, how long does it take for blood to go around the body and return?

    52. Your answer:
    15 minutes
    1 hour
    5 minutes

  52. What is the main function of the lungs?

    53. Your answer:
    Exchange of blood
    Exchange of gases oxygen and carbon dioxide
    Keep the heart beating

  53. Which is the largest Organ in the human body?

    54. Your answer:
    The skin
    The heart
    The Liver

  54. How do muscles act?

    55. Your answer:
    Both push and pull
    Only pull
    Only push

  55. How many bones make up the skull?

    56. Your answer:
    40 - 20 cranial, 16 facial and 4 mandibular
    22 - 8 cranial and 14 facial
    15 - 1 cranial, 113 facial and 1 maxillae

  56. Which nerve transfers sound from the ear (the Organ of Corti) to the cerebrum?

    57. Your answer:
    The cochleal nerve
    The sciatic nerve
    The vestibular nerve

  57. How does blood leave the heart?

    58. Your answer:
    Through the aorta, and left & right pulmonary arteries
    Through the superior and inferior vena cava and 4 pulmonary veins
    Through the carotid artery and jugular vein

  58. How many pairs of spinal nerves are there and what are the networks formed by them called?

    59. Your answer:
    50 - brachial
    12 - cranial
    31 - plexus

  59. Which the bones which make up the pectoral girdle?

    60. Your answer:
    2 humerous, 2 radius, 2 ulna
    2 clavicles, 2 scapulae
    1 ribcage, 1 sternum, 1 spine

  60. Where are the kidneys located?

    61. Your answer:
    High on the right side of the abdomen
    On the left side between the 9th and 11th rib
    High in the back behind the 12th ribs

  61. How many bones in a complete human skeleton, including the 5 fused bones of the sacrum and the 4 fused bones of the coccyx?

    62. Your answer:
    206
    185
    213

  62. Which is the only bone which does not articulate with any other bone and where is it located?

    63. Your answer:
    Atlas, in the neck
    Coccyx, in the lower back
    Hyoid, in the floor of the mouth

  63. Where are the bronchi and bronchioles located?

    64. Your answer:
    In the skull
    In the lungs
    In the lower back

  64. What bones form the upper limbs?

    65. Your answer:
    Cuboid, calcaneum, innominate bone, talus and cuneforms
    Humerus, radius, ulna,carpals, metacarpals and phalanges
    Cervical, thoracis, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal

  65. What controls balance and equilibrium?

    66. Your answer:
    The Organ of Corti transferred to the cerebrum via the cochleal nerve
    Movement of the eyes transferred to the brain via the optical nerve
    Movement of fluid in the ear, transferred to the cerebellum via the vestibular nerve

  66. What is the approximate breathing rate of a healthy adult?

    67. Your answer:
    16 per minute
    30 per minute
    120 per minute

  67. At about what age does the average human skeleton mature?

    68. Your answer:
    20 years
    30 years
    25 years

  68. What is the difference between the rate of heartbeat of a normal adult, and children and the elderly?

    69. Your answer:
    The heart beats faster in children & the elderly
    The heart beats at the same rate in children & the elderly
    The heart beats slower in children & the elderly

  69. What is the main function of the human skin?

    70. Your answer:
    Monitor levels of water,acids, salts and proteins
    Acts as purifying plant
    Temperature regulator

  70. If the compressed filter tubes of the kidney were stretched out, approximately how far would they go?

    71. Your answer:
    Over 1000 kms (625 miles)
    Over 15,000 kms (9375 miles)
    Over 80 kms (50 miles)

  71. Where is the sacrum located?

    72. Your answer:
    Wrist
    Lower back
    Neck

  72. Phalanges are found in the hand and foot - how many are there in each limb?

    73. Your answer:
    12
    18
    14

  73. How many bones, in total, are there in the head (skull and face)?

    74. Your answer:
    18
    22
    14

  74. Where is the pons variolis?

    75. Your answer:
    In the ankle
    In the chest
    In the brain

  75. Breathing can be controlled vountarily, in which part of the brain is this function controlled?

    76. Your answer:
    Pons Variolis
    Medulla Oblongata
    Cerebellum

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