Taylor's mother writes, "This was dictated to me this morning after viewing a Moody Science video last evening.  We have been studying the various systems of the human body.  We are enjoying learning this way."

The Human Body by Taylor

These are the systems we studied:
 
Brain:
No two brains are alike.  The brain weighs about 3 lbs.  The outside of the brain holds a hearing station, tasting station, sight station and smell station.  Your brain is the boss of the whole business inside your body.  The brain sends messages down the spinal cord through the nerves.
 
Respiratory System:
Your lungs fill with air then they take the oxygen and send it to the bloodstream which carries it to the heart.  The bloodstream is like a canal that sends precious cargo, things you need to live.
 
Digestive System:
When you take a bite of food, it is not just you eating something, it is the beginning of digestion.  Your mouth chews the food into small pieces, you swallow, then the food goes down to your stomach.  Your stomach uses digestive liquids to break the food up even more.  Then the food goes to the little intestines which take the nutrition out.  The waste goes to the big intestine.
 
Skeleton:
There are 206 bones in your body.  Each bone's job is to hold up or protect a part of your body.  Without your bones, you would fall straight to the floor.  Joints hold your bones together.  Bones move by muscles pushing and pulling.


 

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