YOUR AMAZING

BODY;HOW YOUR

ORGANS WORK

Life is Cool Lesson #1

Your Organs and Tissues

Lungs

Liver

Small Intestines

Heart

Pancreas (located

behind the stomach, not

visible)

Kidneys (located

toward back behind

intestine, not visible)

The Heart Found on the left

side of the chest A pump made of

four chambers Pumps blood

throughout the body Blood carries

oxygen to all the cells of the body

The Heart

How Your Heart Works

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/human.html

Lungs One on each side of the

chestOne left lungOne right lung

Take in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

Place where air exchange happens

Exchanges gasses (oxygen and carbon dioxide) in blood

Kidneys One on each side of the body

toward the back

Main job is to filter the blood Phosphorus Sodium/Salt

Also help maintain body’s fluid balance Excess salt causes kidneys to hold

onto extra fluid

Turns liquid waste into urine

Liver

· A large organ that has 3 lobes or sections

·Helps store and filter the blood

·Makes bile and helps digest fatty foods

Pancreas

Located behind the stomach

Helps the body use sugar by making insulin

Helps digest food

Small Intestine Runs from the end

of the stomach to start of large intestine

Completes food digestion

Works to absorb nutrients from food

Review

Name the main job of each of the following organs:HeartLungsKidneysLiverPancreasSmall Intestine

References

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova http://www.google.com/images