NAME: _______________________________                    DATE DUE________

HUMAN BODY OWNERS MANUAL                                          

DIRECTIONS:

When you are not in DNA day you will be  researching and creating an owner’s manual for your body.  This will include information about each one of your body systems, the maintenance of it, as well as problems associated with it.  Essentially it will mirror the owner’s manual of a vehicle, except that it will be based on the human body.  This manual will be broken into sections, each dealing with a different aspect of the human body and its maintenance.  You will have at least two pages per system. Some of the basic guidelines for the manual are below:  

Each system will be researched and presented in booklet form.  The guidelines are below:

· For each system you must complete/answer questions from Part I, II, and II.

o Take notes and then compose your answers to the questions.

o Information my be presented in bullet, outline, or paragraph form.

o Be sure the answers are in complete sentences.

· Each system must have an accompanying diagram

o The diagrams must be in color.

o Diagrams may be hand drawn or computer generated.

o The major structures of the organ system should be labeled.

o The diagrams must take up one whole size of a page ( 81/2” x 11”)

Nine Organ Systems

Groups of 2 must do the first 8- the immune system is extra credit

¨ Circulatory

¨ Endocrine

¨ Digestive

¨ Reproductive

¨ Excretory

¨ Nervous

¨ Respiratory

¨ Skeletal and Muscular

¨

¨ (Immune)

• All text must be computer printed.
• The manual must be bound in a report cover or a binder.
• The manual must include a title page with everyone’s name on it.
• All pages must be numbered.
• There must be a table of contents that refers to numbered pages.
• All sources must be cited on the last page.
• Your textbook must be one source.
• At least one journal (magazine) must be used as a source.

If any sources are plagiarized you will get a grade of 0%.

PART I:  General Questions

For each of the eight organ systems give the following information:

· What organs make up the system?

· What is the function of the system?

· How does the system perform its function(s) – what exactly does it do?

· Describe two (2) diseases of the system; include common symptoms, causes, and treatments.

· Provide the URL for a  website that is interactive or that gives additional information.

· Include a diagram with the major components of the system labeled.

PART II:  System Specific Questions

Answer the questions listed related to each specific system:

• Circulatory System:       What are the four main components of blood?  

Why is blood red? 

What are the functions of blood?

List the pathway of blood through the heart, beginning with the Superior/Inferior Vena Cava and ending with the Aorta

Compare and Contrast Veins and Arteries

• Endocrine System:        What is a hormone?

List 6 hormones and their functions.

One hormone must be thyroxine (thyroxin)

One of your two diseases must be diabetes.

Describe negative feedback control.

How does it help maintain homeostasis?

• Digestive System:          List four enzymes that play a role in digestion.

What secretes them?

What is their function?

What is peristalsis?

What are villi?   Where are they located?  What is their purpose?

• Reproductive Sys:         What is a gamete?

Describe the female and male gametes.

Where does fertilization occur:

What nourishes the fetus?

• Excretory System:         What are the various waste products produced by the body?

How do we extract wastes from the blood?

List three ways the body excretes waste.

• Nervous System:          What are the parts of the brain and what do they do?

What are neurons?

What is a reflex?

• Respiratory System:      List the path of air through the respiratory system.

• Skeletal and musc:        What are the three types of muscle, where are they found?

What are bones made of?

Contrast ligaments and tendons.

What does cartilage do and where is it found?

• Immune System:           List the types of cells that make up the immune system

with their functions.

What is passive immunity?  Give an example.

What is active immunity?  Give an example.

PART III:  Health Tips

• How do you take care of each system? 
• What can you do to maintain the "health" of each system? 
• Research a maintenance tip specific for all 8 of the organ systems and add each health tip to the appropriate section of their owner's manual.

Other Information:

• Each day late (actual days, weekends count!): lose 10%

• Handed in by _______________: extra 10%

• Handed in by _______________: extra 2%

• The four best projects (based on quality and information) with receive an automatic 100%

• Your Notes must be handed in with the project: