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What are nerves?
You have many miles of these throughout your body that gather information for your brain to use.
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What is a stethoscope?
A doctor or nurse listens to your heartbeat using this instrument.
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What is the trachea?
The short breathing tube, or windpipe, that leads to the lungs.
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What is femur?
This is the strongest and larges bone in your body.
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What are skeletal muscles?
These kinds of muscles are attached to bones and allow us to move, bend, and twist.
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What is oxygen?
Your brain cells are very sensitive to this gas and without it, they will begin to die.
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What are blood vessels?
You have 60,000 miles of these tubes to carry blood to and from all parts of your body.
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What are the bronchi?
These tubes branch off from the trachea and lead into each lung.
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What are joints?
The knee, elbo, jaw, hips and ankles are just a few examples of where these are located.
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What are smooth muscles?
These kinds of muscles control the movement of organs and blood vessels.
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What is the brain stem?
This part of your brain attaches to the spinal cord and is responsible for keeping your heart beating and your lungs breathing.
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What are arteries?
These blood bessels carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to all parts of the body.
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What is the diaphragm?
This strong muscle helps move air in and out of the lungs.
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What are ligaments?
These strong bands of tissue connect bone to bone.
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What are involuntary muscles?
Muscles that function automatically, without our having to think about it, are called this.
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What is the cerebrum?
This is the largest part of your brain, and it is responsible for your intelligence.
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What are veins?
These blood bessels carry blood back to the heart and lungs to receive oxygen.
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What are the alveoli?
Millions of th ese tiny air sacs are located inside the lungs.
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What is cartilage?
This strong, flexible material covers the ends of your bones so that they can slip smoothly past one another.
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What is 600?
This is the approximate number of skeletal muscles in the human body.
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What is the cerebellum?
This part of your brain is responsible for your coordination and balance. It is latin for "little brain."
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What are the capillaries?
These are very thin blood vessels in which the exchange of oxygen and food takes place.
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What is the epiglottis?
This flap of tissue covers the trachea when you swallow so that food does not enter the lungs.
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What is bone marrow?
This jelly-like substance is found in the center of some long bones and helps make new red blood cells.
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What is one month old?
You were about this old in the womb when your cardiac muscle, or heart, started beating.
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