Life is Cool
Lesson #1
Your Organs and Tissues
The Heart
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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
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/hu
man.html
Lungs
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One on each side of the
chest
 One left lung
 One right lung
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Take in oxygen and removes
carbon dioxide
Place where air exchange
happens
Exchanges gasses (oxygen
and carbon dioxide) in blood
Kidneys
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One on each side of the body
toward the back
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Main job is to filter the blood
 Phosphorus
 Sodium/Salt
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Also help maintain body’s fluid
balance
 Excess salt causes kidneys to hold
onto extra fluid
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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
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Located behind the
stomach
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Helps the body use
sugar by making
insulin
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Helps digest food
Small Intestine
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Runs from the end
of the stomach to
start of large
intestine
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Completes food
digestion
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Works to absorb
nutrients from food
Review
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Name the main job of each of the
following organs:
 Heart
 Lungs
 Kidneys
 Liver
 Pancreas
 Small Intestine
References
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova
 http://www.google.com/images
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