Body Worlds Question Sheet

Part A

1. What type of cross section is cut through the thighbone?

 

2. How were the bodies obtained for this exhibit?

 

3. Who was the first person to assemble a complete skeleton?

 

4. What is the process called that is used to prepare these specimens?

 

5. What are the three bones of the inner ear called?

 

6. Describe the appearance of the normal knee to the knee with arthritis.

 

 

7. What two organ systems allow for locomotion?

 

8. Why did the “locomotive” plastinate have blackened lungs?

 

9. Why is it possible for the isolated muscular system to stand upright without its skeleton on the “muscleman”?

 

10.  What does the Runner show about the human body?

 

11. Nervous System Plastinate

1. What makes up the central nervous system?

 

2. The cranial nerves and spinal nerves belong to which system?

 

3. What activities are regulated by the autonomic nervous system?

 

12.     Why is the spinal column so deformed on the nervous system plastinate?

 

13.     Is the teacher plastinate a male or female?

 

14.     What is the teacher holding in its right hand?

 

15.     What system does the teacher show in exact detail?

 

16.     What was special about the basketball player plastinate?

 

17.     Explain the consequences of Hydrocephalus.

 

 

18.     How much of the bodies blood supply does the brain require?

 

19.     How long does it take to lose consciousness if blood is cut off to the brain?

 

20.    Describe what causes a stroke?

 

21.     Look at the Chess Player. Describe the path of the sciatic nerve.

 

Part B

1. What causes goiters?

 

2. What are alveoli?

 

3. How many alveoli does each lung contain?

 

4. Looking at the family, how was the tissue removed from the blood vessels?

 

 

5. What impact does 20 cigarettes have on the lungs in a year?

 

6. Which specimen values have been replaced with artificial values?

 

7. What is arteriosclerosis?

 

8. Case #402 What is gastritis?

 

9. How is it visible?

 

10. What is the function of the appendix?

 

11. What is the “Black Cancer”?

 

12. Is the “cyclist” a giant? Explain.

 

13. How far along was the pregnancy in the reclining woman?

 

14.  How did you feel when you saw the pregnant woman?

 

15. When was plastination invented and by whom?

 

16. What are the steps of plastination?