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september innards quiz

To celebrate World Heart Day this month, the September quiz is devoted to those vital bits of gristle and er, whatnot that grace our insides.

We and all our animal friends would be up the creek without them, but do you know what they all do? And how they do it? Welcome to the wonderful world of giblets that is the September Quiz, if you get all the questions right you stand to win a game of Operation! (Well, what else!?)

But first a word from your gizzards: Look after us please - drink plenty of water and get some exercise - we're offally important!

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01
 Which of these operations CANNOT be performed today?
Partial liver transplant
Whole lung transplant
Whole brain transplant

02
 Which of these organs do we only have ONE of?
Lung
Kidney
Liver

03
 Roughly how long does it take one red blood cell to circulate around the entire human body?
30 seconds
30 minutes
30 hours

04
 The spleen has a number of different jobs. Which of these jobs is not performed by the spleen?
Filters the blood and kills bacteria and viruses
Destroys red blood cells
Controls the amount of sugar in the blood

05
 Bile, which breaks down fat, is stored in the gallbladder. How much bile does the average person produce in one day?
1 millilitre
1 centilitre
1 litre

06
 Skin, the largest human organ, covers about 2 square metres. How much does your skin weigh?
3 grams
3 kilograms
3 tonnes

07
 A blue whale'e heart is roughly the same size as what?
A bicycle
A small car
A bus

08
 What is special about the circulatory system of a spider?
They don’t have blood vessels - their organs soak in the spider’s blood.
Their heart stops beating when they spin their webs.
They don’t have a heart, so their blood only circulates when they move.

09
 Which of these animals do not have lungs?
Snakes
Birds
Fish

10
 Why is it not recommended to eat a polar bear's liver?
The liver is so full of vitamin A it is toxic to humans.
Under a polar bear’s coat are very sharp spines that protect its soft stomach area.
Their liver is far too cold.

Answers

1= Whole brain transplants • 2= Liver • 3= 30 seconds • 4= Controls the amount of sugar in the blood • 5= 1 litre • 6= 3 kilograms • 7= A small car• 8= They don't have blood vessels • 9= Fish • 10= The liver is full of Vitamin A

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