Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 – Billion – Year History of the Human Body
By Neil Shuban
The Best – Laid (Body) Plans
Chapter Six Vocabulary:
Ectoderm
Embryology
Endoderm
Wax
Mesoderm
Wane
Places to mark on your Map:
Essay Questions: Answer questions in essay format. Do not rewrite or number the questions in the essay.
1. Draw a diagram and timeline illustrating the life cycle of human development in the uterus.
2. Describe how Spemann tested the hypothesis of how cells learned to build bodies during development.
Then explain what the results were.
3. On page 105, the author tells of a scientist dissecting embryos to create new specimens. Connect this
text to another book or movie you have experienced.
4. Is everyone’s Organizer the same?
5. On page 115, the author discusses the NOGGIN gene being placed in two different organisms. What
was the purpose of this experiment?