Respiratory
System
System
Without this thing, your body would only survive for a few minutes.
What is oxygen?
The beginning of the digestive system, this body part takes in the food.
What is the mouth?
These body parts give your body support and shape. They also protect your organs.
What are bones?
This organ is located in your skull and is the control centre of your body.
What is the brain?
This body part is a muscle that pumps blood to all parts of your body.
What is the heart?
This body part is also known as the "windpipe".
What is the trachea?
This is a long, thin tube that breaks down food and helps send nutrients to different parts of the body.
What is the small intestine?
This bone is important because it protects your brain and gives your face its shape.
What is the skull?
This body part is responsible for taking in sounds.
What are your ears?
These hollow tubes carry the blood in your system. There are two different kinds of them.
This gas is harmful to your body and must be exhaled quickly.
What is carbon dioxide?
This body part is a long, muscular tube that helps push food from your throat to your stomach.
What is the esophagus?
You have 12 pairs of these flat bones. They expand and contract when you breathe.
What are your ribs?
The main job of these bundles of cells is to send and receive messages.
What are nerves?
These thick vessels carry blood away from your heart.
What are arteries?
These spongy tissue organs sit inside your rib cage and are what help you breathe.
What are the lungs?
In the mouth, this substance helps break down food along with chewing.
What is saliva?
This set of bones are stacked upon each other and are attached to the base of your skull.
What is the spinal column?
The parts of the body that gather information from outside your body and send it to the brain include your skin, nose, tongue, eyes, and ears.
What are sense organs?
These blood vessels carry used blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
This part of the respiratory system is a muscle that moves up and down to help you breathe.
What is the diaphragm?
This part of the digestive system helps break down fats.
What is the liver?
These strong, elastic groups of cells stretch and tighten like rubber bands. They hold the bones of movable joint together.
What are ligaments?
This type of response does NOT go to your brain because it happens immediately and automatically.
What is a reflex?
These organs filter about 1500 litres your blood every day.
What are the kidneys?