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VIDEO QUIZ: Inside the Living Body DNAis a chemical bhuepriat that creales new l

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VIDEO QUIZ: Inside the Living Body DNAis a chemical bhuepriat that creales new life 2. Our first beeath is the first of that we"'ll take during our lisetime. 3. At birth the heart is only as Ng as a 4. The special kind of fat that keeps neuborn babies warm is ca than human cells in and on our bodies that protect us from disease 5. There are ten times more 6. Mother's milk contains 7. The two types of cells on the retina are the and 8. There are 9000 sensory receptors on the 9. The interior wall of tde small intestine is lined with millions of microscopic peojections called 10. The large intestines main job is to extract 11. At birth our skeletal system is mestly 12. The key to standing is which is controlled by the semicincular canals in our ear. 13, A 2-ycar-old learns new weeds a day 14. The brain is a mass of serve cells 15. We leam by making new connections between our brain cells and reinforcing them through 16. The fever that comes with infection helps us fight discase because_ sloas down the spread of the disease. 17. Paberty begins in the for both men and women 18. During puberty our beains rewire and we experience a flood of new 19. Essentcially, every 10 years we get a brand new 20. Each person grows incredibly of hair each year 21. Ifall the muscles in the body worked together, they would generate enough power to lift more than 22. The part of the brain that controls coordination and balance is the ·which is most effected by alcobol 23. The feel-good hormone our brain produces is 24. The honding hormone our body preduces is 25. Ejaculation releases 26. The fetus is effectively ait saps the mother's energy and draws what it needs from her body 27. During pregnaney, the uterus expands 28. By the ape of 45, we've created more than 29. As we age, the lens of our eyes gradually 30. We lose about 31. Women store fat in their 32. Stress triggers the fight or flight reflex. Having this reflex triggering constantly causes irreparable harm to ou sperm but only thousands will make it as far as the cervix. times of dust from old skin cells. and our eyes dry out of musclke during each decade of our adalt life while men store fat in their 33. Stress damages our 34. During menopause, the aging process accelerates due to the roduced production of causing high blood pressure which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. 35. With 36. During our lifetime we have made so many copies of ourselves that even the tiniest defects in our DNA 37. Over a lifetime, ostoocytes destroy bone Easter than osteoblasts can build new bone. slowty suffocate the mitochondria and damage our cells and DNA. 38. Our DNA makes us what we are, and guides our development, but it also determines 39. 40. Thanks to modern medicine, children born in the U.S. today can expect to live to celebeate theirbirthday and is the last sense to go when we die beyond.

Explanation / Answer

1. DNA is a chemical blueprint that creates new life.

DNA is the genetic material of the living beings. It carries all information encoded in the form of A, T, G, C. It makes proteins and RNAs that carry out all biochemical processes in the body.

3. At birth the heart is only as big as a child's fist.

4. The special kind of fat that keeps newborn babies warm is called brown fat.

Brown fat generates heat in body without shivering . This keeps the baby warm at all times.

6. Mother's milk contains antibodies that protect us from diseases.

The mother's milk contains abundance of IgA which helps boost the child's immune system. It is essential for the growth of a healthy newborn baby.

7. The two types of cells in the retina are rods and cones.

rods help us to see in the dark where as cones are necessary for colour vision.

9. Villi.

Villi are special finger like projections found all throughout the inner lining of the small intestine. It helps in rapid absorption of broken down nutrients into the blood stream.

10. The main function of large intestine is to absorb water.

Large intestine absorbs all the water from the indigestible remains of the food passing through it.

12. The key to standing is balance which is controlled by semicircular canals of the ears.

There are three semicircular canals in each ear that help us main our balance. They have special fluid and motor sensory neurons that help us to maintain balance.