The purpose of this assignment is for you to have a chance to reflect on and digest what you saw in the Incredible Human Machine movie.
You are to address two things in your reflections:
1. Name and discuss three new things you learned about the body systems. What impressed you about them?
2. Name and discuss five relationships you saw between how the parts of the systems are built and what they do. Each of these relationships should come from a different system.
Have fun.
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The systems
I liked the digestive system because I never knew that most of the digestion happens in the small intestine. There where a lot of names that I had never herd before. I also liked the nervous system. There are so many parts in all the systems. I liked the nervous system because it keeps us from getting hurt by feeling pain, I never knew that. It helped me learn a lot about how surface area works in the body system because it’s all over the body. I liked the respiratory system because I didn’t no that much about it. All I Knew was that it happened through your nose and mouth and that it kept you alive. I think it was cool to see the little stuff.
The digestive system got rid of waste and absorbed the protein. It made big things in to small things. The nervous system helps us maintain homeostasis. It also keeps us from getting injured, ex: if you touch a hot stove you automatically take your hand of the stove with out thinking. The respiratory system helps us get oxygen in and carbon dioxide out. That is important so we can live. The circulatory system helps us get blood all around our body. The blood is pumped by the heart. The excretory system helps us get rid of waste too. It can go by peeing of sweating.
The Incredible Human Machine Reflection
Some new things I learned about the human body was that your body’s balance come from your ears! I thought this was really interesting because I thought all you ears did was allow you to hear!
I also learned that we’re only using a fraction of our brains power— if we figure out how to harness its power, we may be able to keep people warm just by thinking of it! I thought this was interesting because I think it’s amazing that you can change your body temperature by just thinking of it.
Another new fact I learned was that sweating is actually the body releasing hot water so it can cool down. I found this interesting because it really makes you realize that the human body is really amazing, to the extent that it can even release hot water, and make it go through our protective layer, skin.
I saw that the nervous system has pain receptors throughout the body, and if you somehow cause pain to your body, it will notify you, so you realize that you have a cut or something. Another relationship I saw was that excretory system releases waste through the skin. Another relationship I took notice of was the circulatory system and how the heart is located in the center of the body, so it doesn’t take too long for the oxygenated blood to travel around the body. Yet another example I saw was the Large Intestine, from the digestive system. It has little villi all across it, to help increase surface area, so it can absorb the most nutrients as possible. There seem to be endless examples of relationships between structure and function, but my last example is from the Skeletal-Muscular system. Here we look at Ligaments. These guys hold bones together, and are made out of tough bands of tissue, so they don’t rip apart easily.
1. I learned a lot about the digestive system... that was the only system I thought was interesting. I thought it was cool learning about mechanical and chemical digestion, since I had never heard of that. I also liked the endocrine system, since I had not known much about it. I liked the nervous system too...I thought it was cool that it was the thing let us feel pain..I don't think I really know that either.
2. The respiratory system gets oxygen in and carbon dioxide out. That lets us live. The excretory system helps us get rid of waste by urinating. The digestive System absorbs protein and gets rid of waste too. Skeletal muscular system has ligaments and they hold bones together, and are made out of tissue, so they don’t rip apart. The circulatory system is the heart and it moves our blood throughout our body.
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I learned some things about the skeletal muscular system. I never even thought it took more than a couple of muscles to walk, but apparently it takes two hundred skeletal muscles! I guess that makes sense, but if that’s true, I wonder how many muscles it takes to do something more difficult, like climb a tree. I also learned a bit about ECM, though it was sort of confusing, I learned that something in it signals cells to do something.
I also learned about how meditating works, and how this relates to the nervous system. Meditating is very literally controlling your brain. It’s about controlling the parts most people can’t. It shifts neurons away from stress and makes less stress hormones. Also, when they were doing brain sugary with a patient who was awake, it didn’t hurt because your brain doesn’t feel pain.
I learned that skin is really dead cells, and how six hundred thousand particles of dead skin will fall off your body in just one hour! Cells are constantly dividing to replace the dead ones. Also, skin color, as well as hair and eyes, depend on this thing called melanin. This also applies for feathers and fur. This reminded me of something I heard about melanin having something to do with being albino.
Some examples of relationships between structure and function I learned about were how sweating is built to keep you from a deadly state. Also, I learned about how eyes are designed to take in light and react to too much light. Vocal cords slam together so we can make sound. Another example is how the eardrum is built to vibrate with sound so we can hear, and the tiny hairs also are for hearing. I saw in the video that if something was not right, like being under very cold water, receptors are there for the brain to tell you. I got a pretty good look at villi and really saw how the structure of it with all the folds is the best for absorbing nutrients.
"Incredible Human Machine"
1.One amazing thing i learned from this movie was that your stomach can expand about 20 times bigger than its actual size!!
2.Another thing i thought was really interesting is that your brain doesnt respond to pain. So if you are having an operation on your brain you can be wide awake and not feel it.
3.I also found out that your ears help you keep balance which is pretty amazing because to you and me their these little wierd thing on the side of our heads that help us to hear, but also to help us walk strsight!
a.DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: your stomach can expand about 20 times more than its actual size. But if anythhing else in the digestive system grew that big it wouldnt be to good for your body, and most likely you would die.
b.SKELETAL/MUSCULAR SYSTEM:Bones are 206 of the most important things that you need in your bodies. They make sure that you are all in one piece and strong and not like jello before you place it in the refrigerator.
c.CIRCULATORY SYSTEM: The viens in your circulatory system are very important because they carry yuor blood throughout your body. The circulatory system and the muscular system help eachother out a lot because the circulatory system has viens that carry blood throughout the body but if there were no muscles surrounding the viens all of the blood would just leak to the bottom of your feet.
d.NERVOUS SYSTEM: The brain is a squished up thing in your head that is very dense [[thats because its the smart part of your body]]the brain controls EVERTHING you do!!!..and im not exagerating!
e.EXCRETORY SYSTEM: The excretory system is the bathroom from your inside that holds things until you can get to the bathroom for the outsides! This system collectes all the leftover material that your body produces and finds a way to get rid of them.
I never knew that your ears could help your balance. I found that very interesting. I also did not know that most digestion takes place in the small intestine. I did not realize that you could do laser surgery on our brains. I also did not know that the brain has no pain cells. It was also good to lean that you could use mediation to change you emotional state.
1) The circularity system is divided into two parts. The left side is the blood The right side is the oxygen. They both eventually meet up and get shipped out into capillaries. The vein then bring the blood back and repeats it self again.
2) The digestive system begins when food enters the mouth. The mouth chemical and mechanical digestion to break down the food. It’s passed on through the esophagus to the stomach from the stomach the food travels to the small intermit were most of digestion takes place. The food travels to the large intestine. Where water and nutrients are absorbed. The waste travels on to the end!
3) The respiratory system is exchange of o2 and co2. Air enters the nasal cells. Though the trachea to the bronchus cells. Then to our lungs so we can breathe.
4) The endocrine system produces hormones.
5) The Skeletal muscular system is made up of bone tissue and ligament to allow our body to move. Without our muscles we would not be able to stand up. Move our body at all.
1.i leanrend that you blance with your era not your feet. When there doing surgery on your brain to take a tumor out they wake you up and you cant feel anything there doing because your brain has no pain rescepters. i also learened that when we use our brain we only use a fraction of its powers.
2.SKELETAL/MUSCULAR SYSTEM: there are 206 bones in your body and thats for the keep you strong and to make you have movment.
NERVOUS SYSTEM: the barin is part of it and it controls your whole body even me typing this up right now. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: produces hormones wich you need to have kids with out that there would be no repduction. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:lets us breath air and
carbon dioxide wich we need to live
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: our stomach can expand about 20 times more than its actual size. wich has micancil and chemical digtum.
INCREDIBLE HUMAN MACHINE
Some cool facts that I learned watching this movie are:
1.Balance comes from your ears.
2.Bones are far from dry they are very wet/moist.
3.Nerve cells grow 1 inch a month
1.The first system that got me very interested was that nervous system. That got me interested because it keeps us from getting hurt, it makes us feel pain when something is to hard, hot, deep, or a burning sensation and things like that. These things are needed because say if you hade the stove on and u put your hand against it if you didn’t feel anything u would like burn your arm off. But since we have that kind of security for our body that does not happen.
2.The second system that i was interested about was the Exceratory system because it seems to have the knowledge of how to seperate wast from just another thing in the body. I think it is really cool of how the excretory system gets rid of waste.
3.The third system i was interested in was the Circulatory System because I think the viens are really cool because without them you wouldnt be able to have blood travel throughout your body. I also think the viens are cool because they have something to do with the muscular system, because without the muscles surrounding the viens the blood wont be able to stay in the vien and leak all over your body.
4.the fourth system I like is the skeletal/muscular system because there are so many bones and without one of them that part of the body would be like jello.
5.The last system i really like is the Digestive system, I think its really cool that your stomach can grow to 20 times bigger than its normal size. I dont recommend trying it because you would get a really big stomach ache and will look like a balloon.
1.)In class we watched the “incredible human machine.” I thought it was really cool how the monks could train their bodies to do certain thing because they meditate so often and well. I never actually knew that our ears helped us keep our balance. I’ve once heard that we need our pinkie toes in order to balance, but nothing about our ears. I never knew we used two hundred bones in our body to just walk. I thought that was really amazing.
2.) a) The stomach is originally the size of your fist, which is pretty small compared to what you eat every day. When the food goes into your stomach it can expand twenty times its size. If it never expands, then we couldn’t be able to eat very much at a time, which gives us less nutrients and energy to function properly.
b) Your bones are hard and flexible. They are made that way so we can keep our structure, walk, and do every other thing in our lives. The tendons and ligaments are perfect for the bones because they let us move our fingers and legs and everything in order to achieve in life.
c) Our skin is great also. It gets us through everything. If it’s hot outside, it let’s sweat out to help cool down the body. If it’s cold, it gets us through it. Our skin also does a big help for our internal organs; it keeps bacteria and a lot of things from getting to them.
d) The nervous system lets us be aware of our surroundings. If we touch something really hot, a message gets shot up very quickly to the brain. When it gets to the brain, it realizes the object is really hot; your finger can be removed.
e) The small intestines are very interesting. Even though people call them the small intestines, they aren’t so small. In fact, they can stretch to the size of a school bus. Besides that, it is the most efficient way to put nutrients into the blood stream through the villi.
The movie we watched was very interesting. I learned many new things from watching it, and it also made everything a bit more interesting. After the movie, I understood a bit more about how reproduction system works. I think it's amazing how an egg is made every month, and then throws itself away if it hasn't been used. It's like it's own little garbage man. Also, who know that balance and the ears were related?! I think that's so cool. And I thought it was so amazing how they showed you all the mussels it takes just to make you walk. This movie also taught me that: 1) Sweating helps keep you alive when you're hot, the way goose bumps do when you're cold. 2)A woman's egg is made to dispose itself so you don't have extra, not needed things in your body. 3)Ligaments are made to hold things together since they are in our body to keep the bones from falling apart. 4) Ears are made to help you stand, walk, and hear things correctly. 5) Vocal cords are made so we can make noise, so they bang together when we talk.
I found a lot of things interesting about the video. I never knew that one protien sends a protien signal to other protiens. I always thought your ears were only for hearing I didn't know they were for balance. Another thing I thought was interesting was that the brain doesn't have pain receptors.
I liked this video a lot because I learned knew stuff about the body.
Blog Assignment:
Three things I learned about the human body systems during the movie were that
a) Your ears have tubes with bubbles inside to keep you balanced. I thought ears were only for hearing. Guess not.
b) Your neurons send signals to your brain to do things that travel at 200 mph. That’s way faster than a car, and just think: it’s totally passive. (I think.) We don’t even notice it’s happening.
c) Skin cells have tubes that produce hairs. So, from a cell’s prospective, each hair is giant. Like a tree!
Five relationships between structure and function are:
1) Well, this isn’t too much about structure, but about the way the nervous system is designed. When you put your hand of a hot stove, a signal is sent to your brain at 200 mph saying “Dude! That’s hot. Get your hand off the stove now.” So another signal is sent back saying, “Okay, hand— get off the stove right now.” And your hand gets off the stove so you’re not burnt. And that all happens really quickly. Well, imagine what would happen if it didn’t. If the signals went any slower than that, your hand would most likely be burnt.
2) Your skin cells are built with little tubes to grow hairs. Well, imagine if there weren’t little tubes. Your hair would just pop up anywhere, and that’s not good.
3) In the movie, they showed the singer’s vocal cords as he’s singing. They vibrate to make noise, squeezing together and pulling apart. For the high notes, they do this really fast. If they didn’t vibrate as fast, then you couldn’t really sing. And we all know what a tragedy that is.
4) Walking takes 200 bones and muscles. (I think.) But whatever the number is, they all have to work together for you to move. Say your skeletal and muscular system was built so the muscles had to move one at a time. You’d have a lot of trouble walking!
5) When a sperm and an egg cell meet, each only have half of that person’s genetic info. If they had all of it, the baby might not work. It’s amazing how the body is set up perfectly so the structure works with the function! Isn’t it.
Three new facts that I learned are;
• That ears give you balance. Well not really the lobe and the fleshy outside, but the inside that makes sure that you are coordinated and well balanced. I learned this when we saw a guy riding a bike and then a girl listening to music, and ‘went into’ their ears. I thought this was cool because for some reason I thought your toes did that, and your ears only allowed you to hear.
• That the brain has no pain respecters, so while doing brain surgery, you often keep the patent awake. I learned this when we saw a guy getting brain surgery. To be frank, this kind of made me queasy, but cool to know in case I would ever need brain surgery. :P
• I learned that when you meditate deeply enough, you can control the brain almost completely. I learned this when we saw monks that are so practiced in this art that they can almost not feel pain, and can stand under a freezing water fall for a half hour a day, this impressed me because I can only barley survive Silver Lake.
Five relationships I found between systems and a structure functions that I found are; (drum roll please...)
• Ears and the muscular/skeletal system. The ears provide protection while the muscular/skeletal system provides movement, structure and protection. The ears help by making this all possible by giving the body balance to grant it possible to walk, run, skip… ect.
• The respiratory system and breathing, (duh!) You breathe almost all the time, in fact you breathe one hundred seventy times per second, and of course you wouldn’t be able to do that with out a respiratory system.
• The excretory system and sweat relate because when your skin gets too hot your body helps to cool it down by allowing cold sweat run down your skin. This relates to the excretory system because sweat is a waste and that’s what the excretory system does; it gets rid of wastes.
• The nervous system and the fact that the brain has no pain respecters relate because the nervous system receive all messages of pain and so I guess the brain missed out on that feature.
• I felt that the fact that a baby while it is still an egg will split into double every twelve hours strongly relates to the reproductive system because that’s well, obvious. I mean, the whole point of the system is to make copies, and that’s one of the beginning stages of the system.
Sorry it was late! The bog wouldn’t let me on until now! :)
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