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What is a neuron?
A neuron is a nerve cell that is specialized to receive and conduct electrical impulses.
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What is a bronchus?
A bronchus is one of the two tubes that connect the lungs with trachea.
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What is your heart mostly made of?
Your heart is made up mostly of cardiac muscle.
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What is a lever?
A lever is a simple machine that consists a bar that pivots at a fixed point called fulcrum.
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What is the skeletal system?
The skeletal system is the organ whose primary function is to support and protect the body and to allow the body to move.
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What is a brain?
A brain is the organ that is the main control of the nervous system.
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What is the larynx
The larynx is the are of the throat that contains the vocal cords and produce vocal sounds.
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How big is your heart?
Your heart is a muscular organ that is about the size of your fist.
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What is a strain?
A strain is an injury which a muscle or tendon is overstretched or torn.
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What is a marrow?
A marrow is a special material found in your bones.
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What are nerves?
Nerves is a collection of nerve fibers through which impulses travel between the central nervous system and other parts of the body.
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What is the pharynx?
The pharynx is the passage from the mouth to the larynx and esophagus.
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What is a capillary?
A capillary is a tiny blood vessel that allows an exchange between blood and cells in tissue.
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What is the muscular system?
The muscular system is the organ whose primary function is movement and flexibility.
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What is a place where two or more bones meet called?
A place where two or more bones meet is called the joint.
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What does the peripheral nervous system include?
The peripheral nervous system include all parts of the nervous system except for the brain and spinal cord.
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What is respiration?
Respiration is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living cells and their environment; includes breathing and cellar respiration.
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What is systemic circulation?
Systemic circulation is the flow of blood from the heart to all parts of the body and back to the heart.
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What is mechanical advantage?
Mechanical advantage is a number that tells you how many times a machine multiplies force.
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What is a disease that affects the joint called?
A disease that affects the disease is called arthritis.
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What would happen is your spinal cord is injured?
If your spinal cord is injured then it may block all information to and from the brain.
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What are the respiratory disorders?
the respiratory disorders include asthma, emphysema, and SARS.
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What does the word cardio and vascular mean?
The word cardio means heart and vascular means blood vessels.
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What are three kinds of muscle?
The three kinds of muscle are smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle.
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What causes a sprain?
A sprain is caused if a ligament is stretched too far or torn.
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