HUMAN BODY

HUMAN BODY

EYE

• HOW MANY COATS DOES THE EYE HAVE ?

THREE

RETINA

CHOROID

SCLERA

• INNER MOST LAYER OF EYE

RETINA

• OUTERMOST LAYER OF EYE

SCLERA

• PIGMENT WHICH  GIVES COLOR TO THE IRIS 

MELANIN

• THE LAYER IN THE EYE WHICH CREATE AN IMAGE OF THE VISUAL

RETINA

• THE CELLS IN THE EYE RESPONDS  TO INTENSITY OF LIGHT

ROD CELLS

• THE CELLS IN THE EYE RESPONDS  TO COLORS

CONE CELLS

• PARTS OF THE  EYE THAT REFRACTS LIGHT

CORNEA, LENS, VITREOUS HUMOR

• BIOLOGICAL PIGMENT  FOUND IN THE CONE CELLS

PHOTOPSINS

• BIOLOGICAL PIGMENT  FOUND IN THE CONE CELLS

RHODOPSINS

• CLEAR BULGING SURFACE IN FRONT OF THE EYE

CORNEA

• INDEX OF REFRACTION IN CORNEA

1.37

• THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER IS BETWEEN

CORNEA AND IRIS

• THE POSTERIOR CHAMBER IS BETWEEN

IRIS AND THE LENS

• WHICH MAINTAINS THE SHAPE OF THE EYE AND SPACING OF ELEMENTS

PRESSURE OF 15-18 MM OF MERCURY IN THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CHAMBERS

• THE DEFECT WHERE A PERSON IS UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT COLORS

COLOR BLINDNESS

• WHICH VITAMIN DEFICIENCY  CAUSES COLOR BLINDNESS

VITAMIN A

• THE CLOUDING OF THE LENS INSIDE THE EYE WHICH LEADS TO A DECREASE IN VISION

CATARACT

• CONDITION IN WHICH THE EYE EXHIBITS A PROGRESSIVELY DIMINISHED ABILITY TO FOCUS ON NEAR OBJECTS

PRESBYOPIA

• WHICH LENS IS USED TO CORRECT PRESBYOPIA

CONVEX LENS

• REASON GLAUCOMA

BUILDUP OF PRESSURE INSIDE THE EYE

• VISION CONDITION IN WHICH OBJECTS FARTHER AWAY APPEAR BLURRED

MYOPIA

• WHICH LENS IS USED TO CORRECT MYOPIA

CONCAVE

• WHO DISCOVERED A NEW LAYER IN THE CORNEA CALLED  DUA'S LAYER

HARMINDER SINGH DUA'S GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

•  WHAT IS KERATOPLASTI

TRANSPLANTING CORNEA

• THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE DEALS WITH PHYSIOLOGY AND DESEASES OF THE EYE

OPHTHALMOLOGY

• WHO DISCOVERED THE WHITE CANE

RICHARD E HOOVER

EAR

• THE PART OF EAR  THAT COLLECTS THE SOUND

PINNA

• BONES OF MIDDLE EAR

MALLEUS, INCUS, STAPES 

• SMALLEST BONE OF HUMAN BODY

STAPES

• NUMBER OF BONES IN THE EAR

6

• PART OF THE EAR CONTROL THE BALANCE OF THE BODY

MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH, VESTIBULAR SYSTEM

• THE FLUID CONTAINED IN THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH OF THE EAR

ENDOLYMPH

• HEARING RANGE OF HUMAN BEINGS

20 HERTZ TO 20 KILO HERTZ

• SOUND WAVES BELOW THE THE FREQUENCIES OF AUDIBLE SOUND

INFRASONIC

• SOUND WAVES ABOVE THE THE FREQUENCIES OF AUDIBLE SOUND

ULTRASONIC

• THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT DEALS WITH THE STUDY ABOUT EAR

OTOLOGY

• BRANCH OF SCIENCE THAT STUDIES HEARING

AUDIOLOGY

TONGUE

• THE PRIMARY ORGAN OF TASTE

TONGUE

• IN WHICH PART OF THE TONGUE ,TASTE BUDS ARE LOCATED

PAPPILLAE

• WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY TASTES CAN TONGUE DETECTS

SWEET, SALTY, SOUR, BITTER

• FIFTH TASTE CAN TONGUE DETECTS

UMAMI

• POSITION OF TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS TO IDENTIFY SWEET

FRONT END OF TONGUE

• POSITION OF TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS TO IDENTIFY BITTER

BACK POINT OF TONGUE

• POSITION OF TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS TO IDENTIFY SOUR

SIDES OF TONGUE

• POSITION OF TASTE RECEPTOR CELLS TO IDENTIFY SALT

TWO SIDES PF FRONT END OF TONGUE

SKIN

• LARGEST SENSORY ORGAN  OF HUMAN BODY

SKIN

• FUNCTIONS OF SKIN

PROTECTION, SENSATION,HEAT REGULATION,CONTROL OF EVAPORATION,AESTHETICS AND COMMUNICATION

• OUTERMOST LAYERS OF CELLS IN SKIN

EPIDERMIS

• HOW MANY LAYERS DOES THE SKIN HAVE

TWO

• THE STRUCTURAL MATERIAL MAKING UP THE OUTER LAYER OF HUMAN SKIN

KERATIN

• CLOSED SAC UNDER THE SKIN FILLED WITH A OILY MATERIAL

SEBACEOUS CYST

• PIGMENTS THAT DETERMINE THE COLOR OF SKIN

MELANIN

HORMONES

• SERVE AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT ORGANS AND TISSUES
• HORMONE IS PRODUCED IN ALL MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS BY GLANDS CALLED ENDOCRINE GLANDS
• THE WORD HORMONE IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD HORMAN

THYROID GLAND

• HORMONES PRODUCED BY THYROID GLANDS

THYROXINE (T4) , TRIIODOTHYRONINE(T3)

• PRINCIPAL FUNCTION OF THYROXINE

STIMULATE THE CONSUMPTION OF  OXYGEN

• ELEMENT THAT IS PRESENT IN THYROXINE

IODINE

• THE CONDITION WHEN THE THYROID GLAND IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH THYROID GLANDS TO  MEET THE NEEDS

SIMPLE GOITER

• WHAT IS EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER

A TYPE OF HYPERTHYROIDISM  DUE TO THE ENLARGEMENT OF THYROID GLAND

• WHAT IS MEANT BY  CRETINISM

CONDITION OF SEVERELY RETARDED  PHYSICAL AND MENTAL GROWTH  DUE TO THE DEFICIENCY OF THYROID HORMONES

PARATHYROID GLAND

• HORMONES PRODUCED BY PARATHYROID GLANDS

PARATHYROID HORMONE

• HORMONE WHICH HELPS TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF CALCIUM IN BLOOD

PARATHYROID HORMONE

• DEFICIENCY OF PARATHYROID HORMONE CAUSES....

TETANI

• RANGE OF CALCIUM  IN HUMAN BLOOD

10-12 mg/100 ml

ADRENAL GLAND

• SITS AT THE TOP OF THE KIDNEYS

• OUTER PART OF GLAND IS KNOWN AS

CORTEX

• INNER PART OF THE ADRENAL GLAND IS KNOWN AS

MEDULLA

• HORMONES PRODUCED BY CORTEX

CORTISOL, ALDOSTERONE

• FUNCTION OF CORTISOL

INCREASE BLOOD SUGAR,SUPPRESS IMMUNE SYSTEM

• FUNCTION OF ALDOSTERONE

REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE

TEETH

• NUMBER OF TEETHS IN A NORMAL ADULTS MOUTH

32

• HOW MANY BABY TEETH ARE THERE IN CHILDS MOUTH

20

• OUTERMOST COATING OF TEETH IS 

ENAMEL

• HARDEST PART OF HUMAN BODY

ENAMEL

HANDS AND LEGS

• NUMBER OF BONES IN ONE HAND OF HUMAN

30

• LARGEST BONE IN THE HUMAN HAND

HUMERUS

• BONES IN THE FOREARM

ULNA, RADIUS

• NUMBER OF BONES IN WRIST

8

• NUMBER OF BONES IN THE PALM OF THE HAND

27 (INCLUDING WRIST)

• BONES CALLED AS PHALANGES

FINGERS

• NUMBER OF BONES IN ONE LEG

30

• LARGEST BONE IN THE HUMAN BODY

FEMUR

LIVER

• LARGEST GLAND IN THE HUMAN BODY

LIVER

• ONLY ORGAN IN HUMAN BODY THAT EXHIBITS THE  PROPERTY OF REGENERATION

LIVER

• AVERAGE WEIGHT OF NORMAL LIVER

1.5 Kg

• EXCRETES BILE IS PRODUCED BY

LIVER

• EXCRETES BILE STORES IN

GALL BLADDER

• PIGMENTS WHICH GIVES COLOR TO EXCRETES BILE

BILIRUBIN

• STUDY OF LIVER

HEPATOLOGY