Human Body Quiz
Try out this Human Body quiz to test your knowledge. Human Body trivia explores the remarkable anatomy and physiology that have fascinated people from ancient medicine to modern science.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
540 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Who published 'De humani corporis fabrica' in 1543?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which figure published an account of blood circulation in 1628?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Who discovered X-rays in 1895?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which pioneer is often associated with the early development of vaccination?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Who strongly promoted antiseptic surgery in the 1860s?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist strongly advanced the germ theory of disease?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which reformer became widely known for nursing reforms during the Crimean War?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Who coined the term 'cell' in 1665?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Who argued in 1838 that plants are made of cells?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scientist extended cell theory to animals in 1839?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Who popularized the idea in 1855 that cells come from pre-existing cells?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Who published pea plant findings in 1866 that became foundational to genetics?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
Whose X-ray diffraction work was crucial to revealing DNA structure?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
The femur is found in what part of the body?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the common name for the scapula?