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The document discusses several important organs in the human body, including the brain, lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, skin, and bones. It describes the location and basic function of each organ.

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S3 - W21 - U4.1 Human Organs

The document discusses several important organs in the human body, including the brain, lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, skin, and bones. It describes the location and basic function of each organ.

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• To identify some of the important

organs in human and describe


their function

• Remember the 7 rules of living things (7 life


processes)
• Know where important organs are in the
human body using a torso model
• Say the function or what these body organs
do.
7 Life Processes of Living Things

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The Human Body
Hi! My name is Patcho and I’m a superhero!

The human body is also SUPER!

It has lots of parts that all have important jobs.

Some of these parts are called ‘organs’.

Read on to find out more!

When you see this button, click it


for a hands-on activity!
What Are Organs?
brain
Most organs are inside the body.

Organs can help a person to do


lots of things, such as breathe, lungs heart
eat, sleep and move.

Fact Stop! liver


stomach

• Skin and bones are


organs too. kidneys
• Some organs even
make wee and poo!

Let’s look at some of the


organs in more detail! intestines
Brain
Where? inside the head

Job: controlling the body

The brain sends special messages to


all the different parts of the body.
This tells the body parts what to do.

Fact Stop!

• The brain also makes thoughts,


feelings and memories. Think of your
• The brain is always working, favourite food. That’s
even creating dreams while the your brain working and
body is asleep! making a thought!
Lungs
Where? inside the chest

Job: breathing

When a person breathes in, air goes into


the body through the mouth and nose.

The lungs find the part of the air that


the body needs, called ‘oxygen’.

Fact Stop! Place your hand on


your chest. Take a deep
• Most people have two lungs.
breath in. What does your
• The right lung is usually
chest do? Don’t forget to
bigger than the left lung.
breathe out!
Lungs

Air goes into the lungs.


Lungs

Lungs fill up with air.


Lungs

Oxygen goes into the rest


of the body.
Lungs

The lungs push out the parts of


the air that aren’t needed.
Heart
Where? inside the chest

Job: pumping blood around the body

Blood travels into the heart. Then, the


heart squeezes tightly to pump the
blood around the body.

Every time the heart pumps, it makes


a quiet thudding noise.

This is called a ‘heartbeat’.


Place your hand on
Fact Stop! your chest. Can you feel
your heart beating?
A person’s heart is usually What does it feel like?
about the size of their fist.
Stomach
Where? inside the belly

Job: breaking down food

When most people swallow food, it travels


down a tube in their throat into the stomach.

The stomach squeezes the food and mixes


it with a special liquid called ‘stomach acid’.
This turns the food into paste.

Fact Stop!

Your stomach doesn’t only rumble when


you’re hungry! It also makes noises when
it’s squeezing and moving food.
Intestines
Where? inside the belly

Job: taking out the parts of food


that the body needs

Once the food has been mushed up,


it moves along a set of long tubes.

These are called the ‘intestines’.


large
intestine small
The intestines take nutrients out of intestine
the food to be used by the body.

Fact Stop!
Any parts of the food that the body doesn’t need are
turned into wee and poo after they leave the intestines.
Liver
Where? inside the belly

Job: cleaning the blood, making


and storing energy

The liver gets rid of the bits in the


blood that the body doesn’t need.

It also uses food to make ‘glucose’.


Glucose gives a person energy.

Fact Stop!
The liver is one of the biggest
organs in the body.
Kidneys
Where? inside the lower back

Job: cleaning the blood, making wee

All the blood in the body goes


through the kidneys.

The kidneys get rid of the bits in the


blood that the body doesn’t need.

It then turns this into wee and sends


the clean blood back into the body.
Fact Stop!

Most people have


two kidneys.
Skin
Where? all over the outside of the body

Job: protecting everything inside the


body, touching and feeling

Skin is stretchy and covers the whole body.

It stops germs from getting in.

When something touches the skin, the


brain works out what it feels like.

Fact Stop! Touch the skin on your arm.


What does it feel like?
Everyone’s skin looks What does it look like?
and feels different.
Bones The skull
protects the
brain.

Where? inside the whole body

Job: holding up the body, protecting


other organs

A fully grown person usually has 206 bones.

Bones come in different shapes and sizes. Ribs protect


the heart
and lungs.
They fit together like a puzzle to
make a ‘skeleton’ and protect
some of the soft parts inside.
Touch the knuckles on
Fact Stop!
your fingers. These are small
• The smallest bone is in the ear. bones under your skin!
• The largest bone is in the leg. What do they feel like?
You’ve found out about lots of organs today!
Can you remember what they’re all called?

brain lungs heart stomach intestines

liver kidneys skin bones

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