A Look Inside the Human Body Systems Fact Sheet
Use the information
that you will find on the web site "A Look Inside the Human
Body Systems" to
complete the following questions. Click on the site below to find the information.
http://bart.northnet.com.au/~amcgann/A%20Look%20Inside%20the%20Human%20Body%20%20website/Index.html
What are the four major systems covered
at the site?
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What are the 3 major jobs that our skeleton does?
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How many bones does a newborn baby have?
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How many bones does an adult have?
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Why does a baby have more bones than an adult?
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Label the bones in this skeleton:
What does the body take in when we breathe?
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What are the small air balloons in our lungs called?
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What color do blood cells turn when they pick up oxygen from the alveolies?
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What is the name of the muscle that controls the breathing process?
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What is the highest recorded "sneeze speed"?
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Label this picture of the Respiratory System.
Where is the heart positioned?
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Complete these sentences:
Blood that is rich in oxygen appears __________________
Blood that is poor in oxygen appears _________________
Blood leaving the heart travels in ___________________
Blood returning to the heart travels in _________________
How many blood cells in a droplet of blood?
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How long do blood cells live?
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Label this picture of an alveoli.
How long is our digestive system?
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What mixes with the food when it is in the stomach?
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What name is given to the solid waste
that is expelled from the body through the
anus?
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How much saliva is produced by the body each day?
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Label this picture of the Digestive System.
Created by: Andrew McGann from Australia
15th October 1997
Web site address: http://bart.northnet.com.au/~amcgann/A%20Look%20Inside%20the%20Human%20Body%20%20website/Index.html
Modified on: October 7, 2000 by Barbara
Jones with American spelling