PLTW HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS UPDATED TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔responds to stimuli and transmits impulses
(neurons, glial cells) - ✔✔nervous tissue
✔✔specialized tissue to contract and cause movement.
(smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle) - ✔✔muscle tissue
✔✔smooth muscle - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔cardiac muscle - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔skeletal muscle tissue - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔muscle that aids in clenching teeth - ✔✔temporalis
✔✔muscle that aids in squinting, SPHINCTER muscle
(hint: OCULAR: eye/ eye pieces in a microscope) - ✔✔orbicularis oculi
✔✔muscle that aids in pouting - ✔✔orbicularis oris
, ✔✔skull!!!
definition: the skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the
brain and chief sense organs supports the jaws - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔sutures. sutures are fibrous joints in the skull - ✔✔what are these?
✔✔mandible!!! (jaw) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔sternum!!! (breastbone) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔manubrium (green), body (blue), xiphoid (purple) - ✔✔what are the parts of the
sternum?
✔✔radius!!! (tip: it's the bone connecting to the thumb) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔ulna!!! (tip: it's the one on the pinky side) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔carpals!!! (wrists) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔metacarpals!!! - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔phalanges!!! (reminder: phalanges refer to your fingers AND toes) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔rib cage!!! (12 pairs of ribs) - ✔✔what is this? how many pairs of ribs?
✔✔true ribs (7 pairs) - ✔✔what are these? how many pairs of ribs?
✔✔false ribs (5 pairs) - ✔✔what are these? how many pairs of ribs?
✔✔floating ribs (do not attach to sternum) (2 pairs) - ✔✔what are these? how many
pairs of ribs?
✔✔tibia!!! (tip: it's the thicker one)
definition: the inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and
ankle that articulates above with the femur and below with the talus- also called
shinbone - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔fibula!!! (tip: it's the thinner one) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔vertebral column!!!
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
(acronym:
C an
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔responds to stimuli and transmits impulses
(neurons, glial cells) - ✔✔nervous tissue
✔✔specialized tissue to contract and cause movement.
(smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle) - ✔✔muscle tissue
✔✔smooth muscle - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔cardiac muscle - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔skeletal muscle tissue - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔muscle that aids in clenching teeth - ✔✔temporalis
✔✔muscle that aids in squinting, SPHINCTER muscle
(hint: OCULAR: eye/ eye pieces in a microscope) - ✔✔orbicularis oculi
✔✔muscle that aids in pouting - ✔✔orbicularis oris
, ✔✔skull!!!
definition: the skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the
brain and chief sense organs supports the jaws - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔sutures. sutures are fibrous joints in the skull - ✔✔what are these?
✔✔mandible!!! (jaw) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔sternum!!! (breastbone) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔manubrium (green), body (blue), xiphoid (purple) - ✔✔what are the parts of the
sternum?
✔✔radius!!! (tip: it's the bone connecting to the thumb) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔ulna!!! (tip: it's the one on the pinky side) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔carpals!!! (wrists) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔metacarpals!!! - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔phalanges!!! (reminder: phalanges refer to your fingers AND toes) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔rib cage!!! (12 pairs of ribs) - ✔✔what is this? how many pairs of ribs?
✔✔true ribs (7 pairs) - ✔✔what are these? how many pairs of ribs?
✔✔false ribs (5 pairs) - ✔✔what are these? how many pairs of ribs?
✔✔floating ribs (do not attach to sternum) (2 pairs) - ✔✔what are these? how many
pairs of ribs?
✔✔tibia!!! (tip: it's the thicker one)
definition: the inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and
ankle that articulates above with the femur and below with the talus- also called
shinbone - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔fibula!!! (tip: it's the thinner one) - ✔✔what is this?
✔✔vertebral column!!!
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx
(acronym:
C an
