Tuesday 11 June 2013

Nervous System

1. Find a diagram and label the important organs of the Nervous System:

The Nervous System

3. Give a explanation of what the nervous system does:
The nervous plays a major role in our bodies, from motor skills to our senses. The nervous system is a highly specialised network of tissues, as well as neurons.

4. List important organs within the system:
- Brain 
- Brain Stem
- Spinal Cord
- Neurons

5. Explain what functions of the 4 main lobes of the brain:
Frontal Lobe - Located in front of the central sulcus. Concerned with reasoning, planning, parts of speech and movement, emotions and problem solving.
Parietal Lobe - Located behind the central sulcus. Concerned with perception of stimuli related to touch, pressure, temperature and pain.
Temporal Lobe - Located below the lateral fissure. Concerned with perception and recognition of auditory stimuli (hearing) and memory.
Occipital Lobe - Located at the back of the brain, behind the parietal lobe and temporal lobe. Concerned with many aspects of vision.

Muscular System

1. Find a diagram and label the important organs of the Muscular System:

The Muscular System

3. Give a explanation of what the muscular system does:
The muscular system is responsible for the movement of the human body. Attached to the bones of the skeletal system are about 700 named muscles that make up roughly half of a person's body weight. Each of these muscles is a discrete organ constructed of skeletal muscle tissues, blood vessels, tendons and nerves.

4. List important organs within the system:
- Heart
- Tongue
- Biceps
- Triceps
- Gluteus Maximus
- Bones Deltoids
- Tendon

5. Explain what tendons do:
A tendon plays a very important role to our inner structure. The tendons are a fibrous tissues that connects our muscles to our bones which allows us to move. When our muscles contract he force is transmitted to the bone trough the tendons.

Monday 10 June 2013

Skeletal System

1. Find a diagram and label the important organs of the Skeletal System:


The Skeletal System

3. Give a explanation of what the skeletal system does:
The skeletal system is in charge of the way every human moves. The skeletal system is made up of more than 200 bones that plat an important part in every humans body. Each bonen has an important role, helping us move properly. The skeletal system is our whole skeleton. It also gives us structure so therefore, skin is apart of the skeletal system.

4. List important organs within the system:
- Skin
- Spin
- Hip
- Skull
- Ribs

5. Explain and give examples of 4 different types of joints:
Immovable Joints - They don't allow movement e.g. joints between your skull plates.
Pivot Joints - Allows for rotational movement joint between your skull e.g. your skull and spine joint.
Hinge Joints - Allows movement in only 1 direction e.g. your elbow or knee joint.
Ball & Socket Joint - Allow movement in many directions e.g. shoulder or hip joints.

Monday 3 June 2013

Respiratory System


1. Find a diagram and label the important organs of the Respiratory System:
The Respiratory System

3. Give a explanation of what the respiratory system does:
The respiratory system is a system in the body that takes in oxygen and replaces it with carbon dioxide when you breathe.

4. List important organs within the system:
- Nose
- Pharynx
- Trachea
- Bronchi
- Lungs

5. Explain what happens with the exchanges of gas in the lungs:
Gaseous exchange is the process where we get the oxygen we need into our bodies and the carbon dioxide, that we produce during respiration, out. This process takes place in little sacks of the lungs called Alveolus. These Alveolus have several features that encourage gasses exchange to take place including moist, one cell think walls. The gases move by the process of diffusion. Diffusion is when gasses spread from an area of high concentrate to love concentration. The oxygen diffuses into the blood and the carbon diffuses into the lungs.