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The human body is more than just bones and muscles. Each human body is built up from 12 major systems that govern all bodily functions from breathing to digesting.
By exploring the human body, doctors and researchers can better determine how to treat and prevent sickness, injury, and disease.
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Places To GoGray's Anatomy
of the Human Body
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings-many in color-from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings-many in color-from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
Human
Anatomy Online
An excellent resource for information on the human body. The web site is organized into 10 body systems and has some great animations and clear explanations.
An excellent resource for information on the human body. The web site is organized into 10 body systems and has some great animations and clear explanations.
Seeing, Hearing
& Smelling the World
A comprehensive site that covers all those questions you have had about how your senses work and what the brain has to do with it all.
A comprehensive site that covers all those questions you have had about how your senses work and what the brain has to do with it all.
Your
Gross and Cool Body
Follow Wendell the Worm to learn all about the gross and cool stuff humans' bodies create--burps, snores, gas and more.
Follow Wendell the Worm to learn all about the gross and cool stuff humans' bodies create--burps, snores, gas and more.
People To SeeAll About Sweat
Talk with scientists who are exploring new ways to study the human body. A process called chromatography breaks down chemical mixtures into their different ingredients. Since sweat is chemical mixture, scientists are busy learning about human perspiration. Humans can actually produce up to 3.2 quarts of sweat in one day!
Talk with scientists who are exploring new ways to study the human body. A process called chromatography breaks down chemical mixtures into their different ingredients. Since sweat is chemical mixture, scientists are busy learning about human perspiration. Humans can actually produce up to 3.2 quarts of sweat in one day!
Ask
Dr. Dean Edell a Question
Dr. Edell is known for translating complicated medical information into concise, easy-to-understand reports and for tackling topics that are obscure, unusual and often controversial.
Dr. Edell is known for translating complicated medical information into concise, easy-to-understand reports and for tackling topics that are obscure, unusual and often controversial.
What It's Like to be Color Blind
See the people who developed the test for color blindness. Red-green color blindness is an inherited condition; the gene that controls the ability to see different colors is located on the X chromosome.
See the people who developed the test for color blindness. Red-green color blindness is an inherited condition; the gene that controls the ability to see different colors is located on the X chromosome.
Who Had the Most Children in the World?
Meet Mrs. Fyodor Vassilyev who lived in the 1700s in Russia. (No one knows her first name). She was a medical marvel, and her human body did something that no other body has ever done. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets for a total of 69 children.
Meet Mrs. Fyodor Vassilyev who lived in the 1700s in Russia. (No one knows her first name). She was a medical marvel, and her human body did something that no other body has ever done. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets for a total of 69 children.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Meet Wilhelm Roentgen. He was a German scientist who discovered X-rays. X-rays pass through soft body tissue but have difficulty passing through hard parts such as bones. So exposing the human body to X-rays produces an image of the bones inside.
Meet Wilhelm Roentgen. He was a German scientist who discovered X-rays. X-rays pass through soft body tissue but have difficulty passing through hard parts such as bones. So exposing the human body to X-rays produces an image of the bones inside.
Yawning...And Why Yawns Are Contagious
Spend time with yawners. One reason that we yawn is because we need more oxygen. When we are in a pattern of taking too many shallow breaths, there is insufficient airflow to our lungs. This causes an increase in the level of carbon dioxide in the blood which is normally expelled by expiration, or breathing out. All of these factors can contribute to the urge to yawn which will provide us with more oxygen and help us blow our excess carbon dioxide. Learn about some other possible reasons why humans yawn.
Spend time with yawners. One reason that we yawn is because we need more oxygen. When we are in a pattern of taking too many shallow breaths, there is insufficient airflow to our lungs. This causes an increase in the level of carbon dioxide in the blood which is normally expelled by expiration, or breathing out. All of these factors can contribute to the urge to yawn which will provide us with more oxygen and help us blow our excess carbon dioxide. Learn about some other possible reasons why humans yawn.
Your Bones
Have a chat with a skeleton hanging in a spooky closet and explore the 206 bones in the human body. Men and women’s bones are different. Male bones are broader at the ends, and the bony ridge at the top of the head is larger in males. Females have wider pelvic bones than a male. The bones of an adult female weight about 10 pounds, and the bones of an adult male weight about 12 pounds.
Have a chat with a skeleton hanging in a spooky closet and explore the 206 bones in the human body. Men and women’s bones are different. Male bones are broader at the ends, and the bony ridge at the top of the head is larger in males. Females have wider pelvic bones than a male. The bones of an adult female weight about 10 pounds, and the bones of an adult male weight about 12 pounds.
Your Teeth
Pay a visit to a dentist to explore the value of teeth. Our teeth are the hardest parts of our bodies---harder than our bones. Chewing food with our teeth begins the digestive process. Learn all about incisors, canines, and molars and how to keep these important parts of the human body clean and free from plaque, tartar, and cavities.
Pay a visit to a dentist to explore the value of teeth. Our teeth are the hardest parts of our bodies---harder than our bones. Chewing food with our teeth begins the digestive process. Learn all about incisors, canines, and molars and how to keep these important parts of the human body clean and free from plaque, tartar, and cavities.
Things To DoBodyQuest
BodyQuest is an exploration of anatomy designed for students between the ages of eleven and sixteen. It is an interactive site on the human body containing games, tours and downloads.
BodyQuest is an exploration of anatomy designed for students between the ages of eleven and sixteen. It is an interactive site on the human body containing games, tours and downloads.
Blood
Learn about the characteristics of human blood. In a drop of blood are about 5 million red cells, about 10,000 white cells, and about 250,000 platelets or thrombocytes.
Learn about the characteristics of human blood. In a drop of blood are about 5 million red cells, about 10,000 white cells, and about 250,000 platelets or thrombocytes.
Brainpop Health:
All About Your Body and How it Works
This web site about the human body offers interactive quizzes and short movies on diseases, senses, cells, and the various systems of the body.
This web site about the human body offers interactive quizzes and short movies on diseases, senses, cells, and the various systems of the body.
Build-A-Body
Use this virtual human body to build the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, excretory, and nervous systems.
Use this virtual human body to build the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, excretory, and nervous systems.
Dental Anatomy
Compare your teeth to the teeth of bats, dogs, cats, rabbits, and other interesting animals.
Compare your teeth to the teeth of bats, dogs, cats, rabbits, and other interesting animals.
The Heart:
An Online Exploration
A good, easy-to-navigate web site that covers everything you ever wanted to know about the heart and the circulatory system.
A good, easy-to-navigate web site that covers everything you ever wanted to know about the heart and the circulatory system.
The
Heart and the Circulatory System
A comprehensive history of scientific discovery relating to the heart as well as a good comparison of the different circulatory systems of animals.
A comprehensive history of scientific discovery relating to the heart as well as a good comparison of the different circulatory systems of animals.
How the Human Eye Works
Learn all about tears and figure out why your nose runs when you cry. Tears are produced by the lacrimal gland which is behind our upper eyelids. These tears flow out along tiny ducts to the outer top part of the eyelid, and then they wash over the eye’s surface with each blink. Used tears drain away through two tiny holes near the inner corner of the eyelids, flow along tear ducts, and end up in a small chamber in the nose. This is why crying also makes our noses run.
Learn all about tears and figure out why your nose runs when you cry. Tears are produced by the lacrimal gland which is behind our upper eyelids. These tears flow out along tiny ducts to the outer top part of the eyelid, and then they wash over the eye’s surface with each blink. Used tears drain away through two tiny holes near the inner corner of the eyelids, flow along tear ducts, and end up in a small chamber in the nose. This is why crying also makes our noses run.
How
We See: The First Steps of Human Vision
An introduction to the eye with fun activities for the whole class, good diagrams, a glossary, and additional resources.
An introduction to the eye with fun activities for the whole class, good diagrams, a glossary, and additional resources.
Neuroscience
for Kids
A fun, activity filled site with solid information about the brain and nervous system.
A fun, activity filled site with solid information about the brain and nervous system.
The Origins of Handedness
Scientists are not sure why some people are right-handed and some are left-handed. Learn about handedness and see a list of famous lefties.
Scientists are not sure why some people are right-handed and some are left-handed. Learn about handedness and see a list of famous lefties.
The Virtual
Body
Go on a virtual tour of the human brain, skeleton, and digestive tract. You can view the brain from different angles, rebuild a pile of bones into a skeleton, see the miracle of the heart in motion, take an inside-out look at your organs, and more.
Go on a virtual tour of the human brain, skeleton, and digestive tract. You can view the brain from different angles, rebuild a pile of bones into a skeleton, see the miracle of the heart in motion, take an inside-out look at your organs, and more.
Teacher Resources Thinkquest: Come to Your Senses
What's that smell? Do you hear that noise? Taste this! Look at me! Feel this, isn't it soft? When you hear, or even use these phrases, you probably don't stop to think about why we use them.
What's that smell? Do you hear that noise? Taste this! Look at me! Feel this, isn't it soft? When you hear, or even use these phrases, you probably don't stop to think about why we use them.
Lesson Plans/Webquests
Virtual Field Trips are teacher and student-created
tours of curricular topics. (You can learn how to use this UEN Virtual
Field Trip tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
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