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Date Written: August 1th, 2016
The brain is amazing. The brain is the part in our body that hels us remember facts and information. The brain tells the other parts in our body, what to do,
when something bad has happened. Different parts of the brain does a different thing. Without the brain, we would all die, because their is nobody to tell our body
parts what to do. The brain is the most important part in our whole body, and without the brain, nothing in our body would be working. The brain is a big factor in
our lives, and it is amazing. The brain had also made us humans, some of the most advanced thing in this world. The brain is the main organ in the nervous system.
The nervous system is a system within the human bdy that tells us what to do and how quickly to do it. The brain is protected by a skull. The closest type of brain
that is compared to our brains, is the monkey family. When humans were first made, we were part of the monkey family. Then, we evolved into a human, and then we made
a human family! The brain weighs 2 percent of our whole weight. So, if a person is 100 pounds, then without the brain, they would be 98 pounds! A fun fact about the
brain is that the brain consumes up to 20% of the energy in the human body! That is the most energy consumed by an organ in the whole human body! The brain consumes
all that energy, because it is the most importan part in our whole body. It does or tells other parts to do everything, and it needs a lot of energy. If we didn't have
our brain, we would be more energetic, which is a good thing, but we need the brain to survive. The brain usually gets its energy from glucose, although it may get a
little bit from some other sources. The three parts that the brain is broken up into is the Brainstem, which is a tube that goes away from the brain. The other 2 are
named Cerebrum, which also is called the forebrain, because it is in the front of the brain, and the other one is named Cerebellum which has another name Hindbrain,
because it is in the back of the brain. The brain gets its blood from some specific veins. Some of the veins where it gets its blood from are called the external, and
basal veins. The brain gets its blood from a lot more veins, but there are too many to list. The brain sends its blood back to the liver to get cleaned by several
arteries, but not as many as there are veins. Some of the arteries that the brain uses are called the internal carotid arteries, and the vertebral arteries. These are
theonly 2 arteries that the brain uses to send the dirty blood away, back to the liver. We learn the facts about the brain, by taking a scan of a human brain or by
using a chimpanzee's brain. The chimpanzee has the closest type of brain to ours, and it is also a part of the monkey family. The volume of the brain has concluded
to an average of 1260 cubic centimeters in a mens body, while the average volume of a woman's brain is 1130 cubic centimeters! All of these facts about the brain
have mostly come from different animals, and those animals are mostly from the monkey family. Scientists, and doctors have discovered several facts that are amazing
about the brain. Still, not all the facts have not been found by doctors, even thought scientists and doctors have found a lot. Their are still mor information about
the brain that nobody has figured out!
Date Written: July 31th, 2016
Every single part in our body is there for a reason. It is there, because it helps us live. If one of those parts are in bad condition, then it will be hard
for that part of the body to do its job like its supposed to. Some essential things in our body are blood cells. Blood cells help our body in different ways. Their
are 2 types of blood cells in the Human Body. The 2 types of bllod cells in our body consist of red and white blood cells. Their is also plasma, and that is considered
a blood cell, but not many people agree with that. They don't agree, because it doesn't have the name of blood cells at the end. It should be classified as a blood
cell, because it basically does the job of normal blood cells, which is helping the Human Body when something disatrious happens, and they also do their jobe very
quickly. Plasma also has another name of Platelets. Anyway, white blood cell are actually pretty interesting. When a person gets sick, the brain sends a message to
the white blood cells, and inside the body, their are like alarms, and that is how the brain sends its message. This is when the white blood cells have to do their
job. The germs that get inside our body are needed to be killed. Their are only 2 ways to kill them. One way is by just raising the body temperature. The brain rises
the temperature inside the body, and that kills germs, but that doesn't always work. Rising the temperature of the body also tells us people that we have a germ inside
our body, and that's why our foreheads are hot when we are sick. The other way of killing the germs within our body, is by making the white blood cells go face to face,
and those white blood cells fight the germs to kill it. Usually these 2 ways of killing the germs happen at the same time. To keep strong blood cells of each kind, we
have to eat healthy foods. This will mantain the blood cells to be strong, so it could fight battles. If the germs can somehow get past the white blood cells, then the
brain will put the body temperature really high, because that is the only other way to kill germs. To kill them, the temperature normally goes to a 103 or higher! If
that doesn't work, then that person will be sick forever. One other way that might kill the germs is by taking medicine. What this does is that their is stuff inside the
medicine that can kill the germs. This may not work all the time, because germs have adapted to not dying from that certain type of medicine, and then that type of
germ will replicate itself or multiply itself to make an army of germs. Plasma or also known as platelets, are special. The job that the platelets have to do is when
a person gets a cut somewhere. Then, the platelets rush so quickly up to the cut. They do it within seconds, and anywhere on the human body. Once they have reached
the place where the cut is, the platelets will literally cover the cut with this black thing. They do that so the blood flow can not go further past the human body.
If they weren't ever there, then we would lose all our blood that we need to live. When they are covering the cut up, it is like they are building a wall! Platelets
are also very interesting!
Date Written: July 30th, 2016
The Human Body is actually one the most advanced parts in this world. The brain is like a computer, because it can remember things, which also means
that it canhold a lot of information. An essential part in the Human Body is the Heart. Without the heart in our systems, we wouldn't even be alive! Everybody
knows that the heart is an essential part in our body, but why and how does it accomplish its task. The heart is an essential part in our body, because it
circulates blood around the Human body. A fun fact about the heart is that the heart works in 2 different parts. Basically what that means is that one part
of the heart work while the other part of the heart rests. If someone had half a heart, they would basically have a hard time to live. This would happen because
the half heart would have to work in half parts. So, basically 1/4 of a normal heart will work, when one only has half a heart. It would be difficult to live
with half a heart, because since only 1/4 of a heart is working, then that heart by itself wouldn't be able to circulate as much blood as the body needs. For
only half a heart to circulate as much blood as the body needs, then the whole half would need to work all the time. That would be hard for the heart, because
half of the heart would be working too much, and the that side of the hart might get damaged by working too much. The great thing about most athletes is that
their heart is a lot bigger, because they exercise so much. Their heart can range to 40% bigger than the normal adult sized heart. If the heart is a lot bigger
than a normal sized heart, then if only half the heart is functioning, then the other half would almost be the size of a normal heart, so the athlete would have
no problems at all with his or her heart. People may be thinking how the heart can do its job which is circulating blood around the body. There are these tubes
that are connected to the heart. One goes away from the heart, and one leads to somewhere else. These tubes are called veins and arteries. A lot of people know
about veins, but not many people know about arteries, because people can actually see the veins while arteries can't even be seen by the human eye. Anyway, veins
are blue, and arteries are red. The veins and arteries are scattered all over our body, and each one leads to other body parts. The veins carry blood from the heart,
but that blood is clean. The veins also carry oxygen within its tubes. Their are millions of veins in our body, and they lead to the body parts that need blood.
When that body part is done using the blood, its needs to be carried back, but how will it get carried back, and where does it get carried. It will get carried
back by arteries which are also scattered all over the human body. These arteries carry blood, and Carbon dioxide, which is the gas that we breath out. These
arteries don't lead back to the heart. The arteries go back to the liver, and now is the time for the liver to do its job. The liver collects the dirty blood in
another part of the liver than where it gets the clean blood. There, the liver is supposed to clean that dirty blood, and then the veins carry that blood back to the
heart, and the heart does its job. It is a cool cycle. To keep ourselves healthy, we need to not get the disease of diabeates. If we get diabeates, then our heart
may have a heart attack, and then it might not function properly. Also, we shouldn't get too obese, because that could also cause a heart attack. Obesity is when one
has more weight than the person is supposed to have. One last thing that could really help the human body heart is by exercising a lot. A lot of doctors say that people
should excercise 60 minutes a day to keep a healthy body. Also, excercising will get people a bigger heart which could help if only one part in the heart is functioning
properly. Some people have done a survey around the country, and most deaths are caused due to heart attacks. So, we do not want the same thing to happen to us!
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