True or false - more than a quarter of the bones in the human body are in the hands?
TRUE
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The ?rst creature to be launched into space was called Laika. What type of animal was Laika?
A dog
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In which decade was the world's first successful heart transplant carried out?
1960's
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Rickets is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin?
Vitamin D
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The mobile-phone operating system Android was developed by which company?
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In 2013, which country launched 'Mangalyaan', a spacecraft that will orbit Mars?
India
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Geothermal power is generated using heat energy from what?
Rocks in the Earth's crust
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What is the most abundant metal in the ea earth's crust?
Aluminium
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In underwater navigation, what does the acronym 'Sonar' stand for?
SOund Navigation And Ranging
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Halley's comet is visible from earth every how many years?
73.3 years
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Which two bones make up the lower arm, between the elbow and wrist?
Ulna and radius
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What are the three types of muscles?
Skeletal, cardiac and smooth
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What is the fluid that protects joints, as most joints are comprised of two imperfectly connected bones?
Syvnovia or syvnovial fluid
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Where is the muscle called the trapezius found?
Base of the skull
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What are the three types of vertebrae?
Cervical, thoracic and lumbar
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What are the small bones found in both the feet and the hands?
Phalanges
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Folic acid, used in the body to promote cell division and create red blood cells, is part of which vitamin group?
Folic acid is B9
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Where in the body are the corticosteroids that provide the body's natural anti-inflammatories produced?
Adrenal cortex
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What are the four basic types of tissue in animals?
Epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous
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What would an Ishihara test hope to establish?
The degree of colour-blindness in the subject
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In what part of the body are the human vocal chords found?
Larynx
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What was the significance of the finding of simian bones in a cave near Dusseldorf in 1856?
It was Neanderthal man
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What part of the body has a protective layer called the sclera?
The eye
it is the opaque, milky fluid which protects the sensitive working parts
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What could a woman not do without a Fallopian tube?
Give birth
the tube carries the egg from the ovary to the uterus
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What is the fluid that surrounds, bathes and nutrifies cells in the body? And what carries excess of it around the body and feeds it back into the blood supply?
Interstitial fluid; the lymphatic system
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What is the term applied when an organ protrudes through the protective cavity around it, often causing discomfort or pain?
Hernia
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What part of the body has four parts: ascending, descending, transverse and sigmoid?
Colon
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