Directions:  Use the following links to finish the human body web quest.  Remember to press the "Back" button to come back to this page.  Fill your answers in on the web quest handout you were given.

  1. What is the primary function of the respiratory system?
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/respiration.html

  1. In an average lifetime, how many times does the heart beat?
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html

  1. On average, about how many liters of blood are continually traveling through the body by way of the circulatory system?
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/circulation.html

  1. How many pounds of skin are you likely to shed over a lifetime? (Check out the factoids at the bottom.)
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000146.html

  1. How many times a day do scientists estimate that eye muscles move? (Check the factoids.)
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000123.html

  1. How long are the intestines in an average adult?  (Check the factoids.)
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000126.html

  1. True or False     When a patient receives a new kidney, the patient's original kidneys are not removed.  (Hint: check out the last paragraph.)
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/systems/excretion.html

  1. How many bones are in the human hand?  (Check the factoids.)
http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

  1. What are the three varieties of blood vessels?
http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/vessels/vessels.html

  1. What was the  most interesting thing you learned during this web quest?

Once you finish your webquest, please turn it in to Mrs. McGraw.

Next, work on the human body website game found at this link:

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html

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