The human nervous system starts with the brain, extends down to the spinal cord,and connects to every part of the body through a vast network of fibers known as the peripheral nervous system.
The human body needs to take in food and water, and through an almost miraculous sequence of mechanical and chemical processes, it converts that food into nutrients that sustain all the body’s activities.
The 206 bones of the human skeleton are a miracle of bioengineering. Lightweight and incredibly strong, our bones give us the ability to walk upright, freeing our hands for precise manipulation of objects.
At the center of the human cardiovascular system is the heart. The human heart is a muscular organ that is a bioengineering marvel.
Touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight - the human body’s five major senses. They are senses that have evolved independently over millions of years but are brought together by our marvelous central nervous system...
Using the latest in 3-D graphics, medical imaging and cadaver specimens, see the human body’s muscular system revealed in ways never seen before.
Breathing brings oxygen, found in the air we live in, into a unique set of organs called the lungs. Deep inside the lungs, that oxygen is transferred into the blood system...
Human beings, like every living organism, are driven by two inherent needs – to survive, and ultimately, to reproduce – that is – to pass our genes on to the future of our species.
Of the body’s major systems only the reproductive organs and structures are different in men and women. There is no greater miracle on the planet than the creation of a new life.