Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Body Systems

Over 2,000 years ago Galen a Greek doctor could have been the first sports medicine specialist. He was the official doctor of the gladiators in the ancient Greek city of Pergamum. As he treated the gladiators he studied their bones and organs.  He attempted to identify different organs and their purpose.  He also documented around 300 different muscles.
Today we discussed these questions: What is a body system? What are organs?  How many do you know?  What do you think organs are made of?  How many body systems can you identify?