Organ Systems

Directions:  Answer the following questions by visiting the website links related to each question.  
                       Write your answers on the page given to you.
                       After you've found the answer, use the "BACK" button to come back to this page.

1.  What is the skeleton?

2.  What does the skeleton do?

3.  How many bones does a baby have? _____________
     How many bones does an adult have? _____________
     Why does the number of bones you have decrease as you get older?

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/skeletal.html (use this link to answer questions 1-3)

4.  What is the respiratory system?  What does it do?

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/respiratory.html (use this link to answer question 4)

5.  What are two amazing facts about the respiratory system?

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/respiratory_facts.html (use this link to answer question 5)

6.  What are three amazing facts about the circulatory system?

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/circulatory_facts.html (use this link to answer question 6)

7.  What are three amazing facts about the digestive system?

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/digestive_facts.html (use this link to answer question 7)

8.  Draw a diagram of the skeletal system.  Label the following parts:
a. ribs        b. humerus        c. skull        d. pelvis        e. femur        f. ulna        g. radius        
h. patella        i. tibia        j. fibula        k. tarsal bones        l. carpal bones

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/skeletal/large_skeletal.jpg (use this link to draw the skeleton)