The Human Body

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1.Which taste is the savory "fifth taste" named by a Japanese chemist?
- A. the Thinker
- B. Art Nouveau
- C. umami
- D. Italian
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umami
Did you know? Umami was first identified in kombu seaweed broth.
2.Which body feature thicken skin where friction repeats?
- A. dandruff
- B. the tongue print
- C. fingerprints
- D. calluses
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calluses
Did you know? Calluses protect the skin at pressure points.
3.Which body part has the thinnest skin on the body?
- A. the vocal cords
- B. the eyelid
- C. the pupil
- D. the philtrum
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the eyelid
Did you know? Eyelids blink thousands of times a day.
4.Which body feature is a spot present at or soon after birth?
- A. dandruff
- B. the birthmark
- C. the dominant eye
- D. freckles
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the birthmark
Did you know? Birthmarks come in many colors and sizes.
5.Which body part vibrate to produce the voice?
- A. the fingertip
- B. the vocal cords
- C. the foot arch
- D. the kneecap
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the vocal cords
Did you know? Vocal cords are two folds of tissue in the larynx.
6.Which body part is the wall dividing the nostrils?
- A. the vocal cords
- B. the appendix
- C. the nasal septum
- D. hair
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the nasal septum
Did you know? The septum is made of cartilage and bone.
7.Which body part grow about 3 to 4 millimeters per month?
- A. the pupil
- B. fingernails
- C. the tongue
- D. the vocal cords
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fingernails
Did you know? Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
8.Which body part connects the calf to the heel?
- A. the Achilles tendon
- B. the pupil
- C. eyebrows
- D. knuckles
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the Achilles tendon
Did you know? The Achilles tendon is the body's thickest tendon.
9.Which body part contains 26 bones, about an eighth of the body's total?
- A. the Achilles tendon
- B. the eyelid
- C. the wrist pulse
- D. the foot
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the foot
Did you know? Both feet together hold a quarter of all bones.
10.Which body part grows larger during puberty?
- A. the Adam's apple
- B. the fingertip
- C. hair
- D. the earlobe
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the Adam's apple
Did you know? The Adam's apple is cartilage around the voice box.
11.Which body part are the joints where fingers bend?
- A. the tonsils
- B. the Achilles tendon
- C. knuckles
- D. the philtrum
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knuckles
Did you know? Cracking knuckles is just gas bubbles popping.
12.Which body part grows about one centimeter a month on the scalp?
- A. the fingertip
- B. knuckles
- C. the belly button
- D. hair
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hair
Did you know? Each strand of hair lives for years before falling.
13.Which body part can be felt where an artery runs near the surface?
- A. the tongue
- B. the wrist pulse
- C. the eyelid
- D. the appendix
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the wrist pulse
Did you know? The wrist pulse follows the heartbeat.
14.Which body part is a small pouch attached to the large intestine?
- A. the belly button
- B. eyelashes
- C. the nasal septum
- D. the appendix
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the appendix
Did you know? The appendix has long puzzled biologists.
15.Which body feature aims better than the other for most people?
- A. the dominant eye
- B. freckles
- C. calluses
- D. the tongue print
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the dominant eye
Did you know? Most people favor one eye when aiming.
16.Which body part is the groove between nose and upper lip?
- A. the sclera
- B. the vocal cords
- C. the philtrum
- D. the human nose
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the philtrum
Did you know? The philtrum forms during early development.
17.Which hidden sense is the body's sense of where its parts are?
- A. Les Misérables
- B. proprioception
- C. slurping noodles
- D. the kiss on the cheek
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proprioception
Did you know? Proprioception lets you touch your nose with eyes closed.
18.Which human behavior is hard to fake convincingly, studies suggest?
- A. dreams
- B. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- C. freckles
- D. laughter
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laughter
Did you know? Laughter is social and contagious.
19.Which joint allows the widest range of motion in the body?
- A. the shoulder
- B. May Day
- C. The Count of Monte Cristo
- D. the Discobolus
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the shoulder
Did you know? The shoulder trades stability for mobility.
20.Which body feature is as unique as a fingerprint?
- A. the tongue print
- B. freckles
- C. dandruff
- D. the birthmark
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the tongue print
Did you know? Tongue prints are unique to each person.
21.Which body part is the white of the eye?
- A. knuckles
- B. the middle fingernail
- C. the sclera
- D. the foot arch
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the sclera
Did you know? The sclera protects the inner eye.
22.Which body part contributes a large share of the hand's grip?
- A. the sclera
- B. the Achilles tendon
- C. the pupil
- D. the little finger
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the little finger
Did you know? The little finger stabilizes the whole grip.
23.Which body part acts as a shock absorber when walking?
- A. the foot arch
- B. the tongue
- C. knuckles
- D. the appendix
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the foot arch
Did you know? Flat feet lack a raised arch.
24.Which body part can recognize a trillion different scents, research suggests?
- A. the tonsils
- B. the philtrum
- C. the foot
- D. the human nose
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the human nose
Did you know? The human nose rivals many animals in sensitivity.
25.Which body part is said to grow the fastest?
- A. the Adam's apple
- B. the middle fingernail
- C. knuckles
- D. the sclera
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the middle fingernail
Did you know? The middle fingernail sits on the longest finger.
26.Which body part has no known essential function?
- A. the earlobe
- B. the tongue
- C. the middle fingernail
- D. knuckles
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the earlobe
Did you know? Earlobes hang free or attach to the head.

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