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Amazing
THE
HUMAN
Body
story by Victoria Snyder
Did you know that your body is made up
of billions of small structures? Cells, tissues, organs, and systems work together every day to help you live your life. Cells create tissues, which make up organs, which form organ systems.
The ten major systems include skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive. You may have know the cardiovascular system as the circulatory system, the lymphatic system as the immune system, and the urinary system as the renal system.
The “infrastructure systems,” made up of the skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, and nervous systems, specifically help the other systems. They allow the “regulation systems,” comprised of the endocrine, lymphatic, and urinary systems, to do their jobs. The “energy systems” (the respiratory and digestive systems) give all of these systems
the energy to work. And of course, each life begins thanks to the reproductive system.
Your body does so much work for you – it’s only fair that you put in some work to take care of it. Visit your doctor regularly. Incorporate healthy foods into your diet. Exercise, even if that means taking the stairs instead of the elevator.
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Did You Know?
• Your mouth produces about one liter of saliva each day.
• Our brain is sometimes more active when you’re asleep than when you’re awake.
• Laid end to end, an adult’s blood vessels could circle Earth’s equator four times.
• The word “muscle” comes from Latin term meaning “little mouse,” which is what Ancient Romans thought flexed bicep muscles resembled.
• Bodies give off a tiny amount of
light that’s too weak for the eye to see.
• The average person has 67 different species of bacteria in their belly button.
• You lose about nine pounds of skin cells every year.
• Babies don’t shed tears until they’re at least one month old.
• Information zooms along nerves at between 156 and 270 mph.
• The human heart beats more than three billion times in an average lifespan.