How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
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Where in the human body would the limbic system be found?
The Brain
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Where in the human body are the 'ossicles'?
In the ear
the three bones in the middle ear, more commonly known as the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
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Where in the human body would you find the Scalene muscles?
The Neck
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What is the common affliction, Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia (much) more commonly known as?
Brain Freeze
such as when you eat ice cream too quickly and it gives you a quick headache
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The adult human body is made up of how many bones?
206
Baby's have about 300
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What is the largest artery in the human body?
The Aorta
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Where in the human body are the metatarsal bones found?
The Foot
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Which is the longest bone in the human body?
Femur
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How is a 'myocardial infarction' more commonly known?
Heart attack
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4 letters are used to represent genetic codes. What are they?
A, G, C, and T - Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C) and Thymine (T)
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How many vertebrae does the average human possess?
33
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How many teeth does an adult human have?
32
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Someone with anosmia is lacking what?
A sense of smell
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What are the four types of tooth in a human mouth?
Incisor, canine, molar, premolar
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What is the longest (and widest) nerve in the human body, running from the lower back through the buttock into the legs?
Sciatic nerve
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What is the most common blood type worldwide?
O Positive
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Which side of the brain would be mostly used to evaluate whether a new wardrobe fits into the space available in a bedroom?
Right side
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An absence of the SRY gene means what for a human being?
It means the human is a female
the presence of the sex-determining region Y gene is the specific factor which leads to maleness in mammals
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Which component of the limbic system processes human emotions and memories?
Amygdala
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By what name is N-acetyl-S-methoxy tryptamine better known?
Melatonin
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Carrots are good for your eyesight: true or false?
TRUE
Carrots are a source of retinal, which help the light absorb light energy, carrots won't make eyesight sharper but it will improve the ocular health
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In which field did Austrian monk Gregor Mendel's study of plants lead to major breakthroughs?
Genetics or heredity
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Broca's area in the human brain is responsible for which function?
Speech and articulation
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Before Dolly, the cloned sheep, there were Megan and Morag; in what way was Dolly unique?
She was cloned from an adult cell, whereas Megan and Morag were cloned from embryo cells
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Crick and Watson discovered that the DNA molecule was what particular shape?
Double helix
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How many human chromosomes are there?
Forty-six (labelled A-G and then X and Y)
23 pairs of chromosomes
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The stirrup, the smallest bone in humans, is found in which part of the body?
The ear
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True or false - more than a quarter of the bones in the human body are in the hands?
TRUE
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In which decade was the world's first successful heart transplant carried out?
1960's
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