Body Systems Webquest
Skeletal System:
http://hes.ucfsd.org/gclaypo/skelweb/skel01.html
1. What is a joint?
2. What is a ligament?
3. What are tendons?
4. Why is the skeletal system important to us?
Include in your answer--Protection, storage, movement, and blood cell formation.
5. How many bones are babies born with? How many bones do adults have?
6. Why do babies have more bones than adults?
Muscular system:
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_muscular.html
1. What is the function/importance of the muscular system?
2. What are the 3 types of muscles, describe each?
3. Muscle action can be voluntary or involuntary, explain and give an example of each?
Circulatory System:
http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Anatomy/
1. What is the primary function of the circulatory system?
2. What are the main organs/parts involved in the circulatory system?
3. What is blood made of, explain each?
4. What is the function of the heart?
5. How many chambers does the heart have?
6. What are the three types of blood vessels, describe each?
Respiratory System:
http://www.webmd.com/lung/how-we-breathe
1. What is the primary function of the respiratory system?
2. What is respiration?
3. Describe how the following parts of the body aid in respiration:
Nose, Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi, and Lungs.
4. How do you breathe? Include the rib muscles, Diaphragm and Cellular respiration.
Digestive System:
http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/your-digestive-system
1. What is the function of the digestive system?
2. What are the main organs involved in the digestive system?
3. What are the two types of digestion, describe each?
4. What is peristalsis?
5. What is the path food takes once it is put into the mouth?
6. Where does the absorption of nutrients take place?
Nervous System:
http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthcare_services/nervous_system/about/Pages/index.aspx
1. What is the central nervous system?
2. What are the main organs/parts involved in the Central Nervous System?
3. What is the Peripheral nervous system?
4. What is an impulse?
5. What is a synapse?
6. What are the 3 parts of the brain and what is their job?
Urinary System: http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthcare_services/urinary_bladder_kidney/anatomy_urinary_system/Pages/index.aspx
1. What is the function of the urinary system?
2. What are the main organs involves?
3. What is the function of the kidney?
Endocrine System:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/anatomy_of_the_endocrine_system/article_em.htm
1. What is the primary function of the endocrine system?
2. What are hormones?
3. What is the function of the pancreas?
4. What is the function of the adrenal gland?
Reproductive System:
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookreprod.html
1. What is sexual reproduction?
2. What is a human egg and where is it produced?
3. What is a sperm and where is it produced?
4. What is a zygote?
New Life:
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/ATLAS_EN/html/development_of_embryo_and_fetu.html
1. What is an embryo?
2. What is placenta?
3. What is an umbilical cord?
4. What is a fetus?
5. What is the difference between identical and fraternal twins?