Lab 12: What's happening inside?

Warm Up: Name all of the different body systems that you can think of. Next to each system state what you think the system does for the body.

Vocabulary :
1. function – an objects job or role

2. human body systems – Cardiovascular, circulatory, respiratory, muscular, skeletal, nervous, endocrine, digestive, excretory, reproductive, and lymphatic.

3. model – a smaller or larger version of an object that is too small or too big to observe in a classroom

4. organ – a part of the body made of two or more types of tissue that performs a vital or natural function or job

5. structure – what an object is made of and how the object is shaped

Part One: you need a piece of white construction paper and color pencils

Part Two : you need clay, a plastic body torso, and a piece of plastic wrap

Data: Functions of Human Body Systems (leave 2 pages blank for the papers to be glued in)

Analysis Questions:
1.The liver is the largest internal organ of the human body. Was the liver the largest organ in your model? Do you think that the other organs you modeled were accurate in size? Why or why not?

2.Was the model that you created in Part Two a good model of the human body? Why or why not?

3.Prepare a table with headings as shown below. Fill in the first column with the organs or structures listed in Table 1.

a.In the second column of your table, identify the system that matches each organ or structure. For Example, the stomach is part of the digestive system.

b.In the third column of your table, identify the function of each of the systems you mentioned in 3a.

4.What new things have you learned about the human body in this activity?