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Today on The Body: |
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![](https://web.archive.org/web/20060424140339im_/http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/spacer.gif) | | How Your Lungs Work - You breathe in and out anywhere from 15 to 25 times per minute without even thinking about it -- it just happens naturally. Learn all about your lungs, various conditions and diseases, and what makes the breath of life so crucial.
| | How Your Immune System Works - Inside your body there is a mechanism designed to defend you from millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and parasites that want to invade your body. Find out how the human immune system works.
| | How Your Brain Works - Every animal you can think of -- mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians -- all have brains. But the human brain is unique. It gives us the power to think, plan, speak, imagine... Find out all about this amazing organ.
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The The Body Library: |
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