Human Anatomy Trivia Questions and Answers
How much do you know about the human anatomy including the various parts of the human organs and their functions?
To learn more about the human body, find below our human anatomy trivia questions and answers.
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Human Anatomy Trivia Questions and Answers
1. During which process in human beings does the rib cage and sternum move upward and outwards?
Answer: The rib cage and sternum move upward and outwards during the process of Inspiration
2. Which part of the human respiratory system that is also known as Adam’s Apple?
Answer: The Larynx
3. What carries the oxygen from the blood to the tissues?
Answer: The Haemoglobin molecules found inside red blood cells.
4. At the level of which intercostal space are male nipples located?
Answer: In males, the nipples are typically located at the level of the fourth intercostal space.
5. Which neck muscle divides neck into the two major neck triangles?
Answer: The sternocleidomastoid muscle
6. What is the number of dorsal interossei muscles on the hand?
Answer: There are four dorsal Interossei muscles
7. Which part of the cell makes enzymes that oxidize some toxic chemicals?
Answer: The Peroxisome
8. Which bone connects the pelvis and the spine?
Answer: The Sacrum
9. Which part of the brain contains centers responsible for heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure?
Answer: The Medulla oblongata
10. What system is responsible for emotion and learning?
Answer: The Limbic system
Easy Anatomy Trivia Questions and Answers
11. What receptors react to odors, tastes, and the concentration of various chemicals in the body?
Answer: The Olfactory chemoreceptors
12. Bartholin’s gland is part of which human system?
Answer: The Female reproductive
13. Which heart valve prevents backflow from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle?
Answer: The Pulmonary valve
14. Diaphragm is muscle at the bottom of ______?
Answer: The Human chest
15. How much saliva does a human produce in a day?
Answer: Between 0.5 and 1.5 liters
16. How much skin does a person shed a day?
Answer: About five thousand million skin cells daily
17. The first 10 inches of small intestine are called?
Answer: Duodenum
18. Abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces which cause severe pain is called what?
Answer: Edema
19. Which muscle was discovered in the mid-1990s at the University of Maryland at Baltimore?
Answer: The Sphenomandibularis
20. When someone attempts to break a fall with outstretched arms, he could have _______ fracture.
Answer: Impacted
Human Body General Knowledge Questions and Answers
21. What term is used for the canal through which the spinal cord passes?
Answer: The Vertebral foramen
22. What flat bone is attached to the first seven pairs of ribs?
Answer: The Sternum
23. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: The skin is the largest organ in the human body.
24. What is the medical term for the collarbone?
Answer: The collarbone is also known as the clavicle.
25. What is the small organ that stores and releases bile, which helps to digest fats called?
Answer: The Gallbladder
26. What is the endocrine gland that produces hormones that help to regulate the body’s metabolism called?
Answer: The Thyroid Gland
27. What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Answer: The enamel on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body
28. What is the long, tube-like organ that is responsible for absorbing nutrients from the food we eat?
Answer: The Small Intestine
29. What is the long, tube-like organ that absorbs water and electrolytes from indigestible material, forming stool which is then stored in the rectum until it is expelled through the anus?
Answer: The Large Intestine
30. How many bones are there in total in the human body?
Answer: There are 206 bones in the human body.
Interesting Questions About The Human Body
31. How many separate bones is spine consisted of before birth?
Answer: 33 individual bones
32. This type of white blood cell increases when humans are infected with parasitic worms?
Answer: The Eosinophils
33. What eliminates waste from the body?
Answer: The Digestive system
34. Kidneys and ureters are included in the _____ system.
Answer: urinary
35. The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the?
Answer: The Iris
36. The innermost part of bones contains ____.
Answer: the bone marrow.
37. The bones that make up your spine are called _____.
Answer: vertebrae
38. How much of our body is water?
Answer: 60%
39. When we eat something we like, our mouth waters. This is actually not water but fluid secreted from _____.
Answer: salivary glands
40. In human beings, the opening of the stomach into the small intestine is called _____.
Answer: pylorus
