Quiz

Published November 2, 2013
  1. Name the substance that gives our skin and hair its pigment, or colour?

  2. What is the name of the muscles found in the front of our thighs?

  3. What is the name of the substance that nails are made of?

  4. The innermost part of bones contains what?

  5. What are the two holes of your nose called?

  6. What is the name given to those tiny special structures in our tongue that makes us experience different types of tastes?

  7. Together the bone of our spine are known as what?

  8. What is the name of the layer of our skin that is seen outside the body called?

  9. How many lungs are there in the human body?

  10. In degrees Centigrade, what is the normal temperature of the human body?

Answer

  1. Melanin

  2. Quadriceps

  3. Keratin

  4. Bone marrow

  5. Nostrils

  6. Taste buds

  7. Vertebrae

  8. Epidermis

  9. Two

  10. 37 degrees Centigrade

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