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Scottish teenagers take exams like these; are you smarter than them?

If You Can Get 10/12 In This Human Biology Exam You're Basically A Genius

Questions and answers have been sourced from 2012-16 Scottish Higher Human Biology past papers and marking guides issued by the SQA.

It's produced in the stomach and is one of the main enzymes in the digestive systems of humans and other mammals. So now you know.

Correct answer: The stomach

The prostate's job is to secrete a white, alkaline fluid that makes up around 30% of semen. The rest is mostly made up of seminal vesicle fluid.

Correct answer: To secrete fluid

It doesn't become a fully formed embryo until much later.

Correct answer: A zygote

Pangolin isn't a type of muscle protein, it's a type of weird, scaly, adorable armoured mammal.

Correct answer: Pangolin

The second definition describes gluconeogenesis, while the third describes halitosis.

Correct answer: A series of reactions that extract energy from glucose

A chaperone is a third wheel who goes along to keep an eye on you on a date, mainly so you don't let your sex hormones get the better of you.

Correct answer: Chaperone

This greeny-yellow fluid is produced in the liver and helps with the digestion of fat and other lipids in humans.

Correct answer: Bile or gall

Myelin is a fatty white substance that surrounds the axon (also known as the nerve fibre) of some nerve cells, like a layer of pipe insulation. Damage to the myelin sheath plays a part in several chronic diseases, including multiple sclerosis.

Correct answer: Around nerve fibres

The sino-atrial node is also known as the heart’s natural pacemaker. Normal heart rhythm is often called normal sinus rhythm because of the SA node.

Correct answer: X = Sino-atrial node and Y = atrio-ventrivular node

Exoskeletal means "outside the skeleton"; it wouldn't be great if a part of your brain stuck out from your skull.

Correct answer: Frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal

The neocortex is associated with sight and hearing.

Correct answer: The limbic system

It would make a pretty good band name, though.

Correct answer: A type of white blood cell

Oh dear, you don't know very much about human biology at all. Are you actually human? If you're an alien, please note that this quiz wasn't intended for you.

You failed human biology

You don't know that much about human biology, but you're aware of the main bits, and that's the important thing. Maybe read a few anatomy articles on Wikipedia and then try again.

You're a C-grade human biology student

Hey, well done! You clearly know a lot about human biology. You're not an expert or anything, but unless you're actually a doctor, who cares? Give yourself a big pat on the inferior fibres of the trapezius muscle.

You're a B-grade human biology student

Whoa, well done! You're certainly almost as smart as a Scottish teenager, well, where biology is concerned anyway. Are you actually a doctor or something?

You're an A-grade human biology student

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