1.) Click on Inside the Human Body and follow the link to the circulatory system. Which Blood Cells are like soldiers?

2.) Go Back one page, then go to Muscular System. How many active muscles are in your body?

3.) Go back again, head over to the skeletal system and discover where the smallest bone is located. Where is the largest found?

4.) Back again, and see if you can find out the answer to how many times your blood goes through your kidneys.

5.) Now track down the average weight of a man’s brain.

6.) While you’re here how many nerve cells does the average human have?

7.) Still on the same site, tell which muscle expands and contracts the lungs.

8.) Which part of the digestive system breaks food down into small molecules to be carried to the body?

9.) How long does it take for blood to circulate through your entire body?

10.) About how much urine is passed to the bladder on a daily basis?

11.) Cruise to the nervous system and find out how many impulses a nerve can transmit in a second.

12.) Head back to the place where you started this whole thing. http://www.csnmail.net/~corpuschristi/bodypage.htm and move on to A Look Inside the Human Body. Take the digestive system link and tell how long the human digestive tract is.

13.) Move on to the amazing facts section. How much saliva does a human produce?

14.) Print or use the copy from class and complete the human body fact sheet

15.) Back to the starting point http://www.csnmail.net/~corpuschristi/bodypage.htm

16.) Head over to Hinckle Creek School and follow the link to the human body. Take the Our Human Body link. Go to Nervous System and follow the tour. How thick is the thickest nerve in the spinal cord?

17.) How big was the brain on a Stegosaurus?

18.) Name the outer layer of the cerebellum.

19.) Keep following the tour. How big is the pituitary gland? What does it do?

20.) Now at the tour main page, head over to movement. What is the name of the bones in the Spine? What does cartilage do?

21.) How many pairs of ribs do we have?

22.) Click next for hands and feet, name a bone in the hand and one in the feet.

23.) Next again for hips and legs, name the kneecap bone.

24.) On to the arm, name the 2 bones that make up the shoulder blade?

25.) Name 2 types of joints in the body.

26.) Two clicks takes you to muscles, take the tour and tell the 3 kinds of muscles.

27.) As you tour where in the body might you find smooth muscles?

28.) About how many times does the heart beat in a day?

29.) Take the tour of the Digestive System, tell what tube takes food to the stomach?

30.) How long does it take for a meal to get through your digestive system?

31.) What does the gall bladder produce?

32.) Moving on to the respiratory system, tell why you can see your breath on cold days.

33.) Keep touring to the circulatory system, why is the blood in the arteries red?

34.) Why are the veins not as strong as arteries?

35.) Are lizards hot or cold blooded?

36.) How much blood in an adult?

37.) Head back to your starting page at http://www.csnmail.net/~corpuschristi/bodypage.htm and go to Body Quest. Click on experiments and choose how we balance. Do the experiment report your findings, then click and find out the reasons why.