Download MCAS Biology Web Quests: Strand 4 Human Anatomy and Physiology

MCAS Biology Web Quests: Strand 4 Human Anatomy and Physiology
The Digestive System
Go to: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/ and read through
the information on that website to answer the questions below.
1.
What is salivary amylase (give it’s function) and where is it located?
2. What is peristalsis?
3. What is the function of the stomach in digestion? What is chyme?
4. What is the function of the small intestine?
5. What does the large intestine remove from food?
The Circulatory System
Go to: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookcircSYS.html
scroll down until you get to vertebrate cardiovascular system. Read through the
information to answer the questions that follow:
1. What two parts make up the cardiovascular system?
2. What is the difference between the atria and the ventricles?
3. What do arteries do? What is their structure?
4. What are capillaries? What is their structure?
5. What do veins do?
and
The Excretory System
Go to: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookEXCRET.html and
click on “Human Excretory System” in blue at the top of the page. Read the information
to answer the questions that follow:
1. What organs make up the urinary system?
2. What is the functional unit of the kidney?
3. What are three functions of the nephron?
4. What are four things that the kidney does (function) to maintain homeostasis?
The Respiratory System
Go to: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Pulmonary.html and read
through to answer the following questions.
1.
Describe the pathway of air through the respiratory system.
2. What actually happens in the aveoli?
3. What is the difference between the abdominal cavity and the thoracic cavity?
4. What is the difference between inhaling and exhaling?