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What is the heart?
An organ that pumps blood throughout the body and removes carbon dioxide.
What are the lungs?
Organs that facilitate gas exchange by taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.
What is the large intestine?
A part of the digestive system that removes water from waste to form solid feces.
What is the brain?
The organ that manages thought, memory, voluntary, and involuntary processes like breathing and digestion.
What are the kidneys?
These organs filter blood and remove waste to produce urine.
What are the alveoli?
These tiny sacs within the lungs maximize the surface area for gas exchange.
What is the liver?
This organ produces bile, stores glycogen, and detoxifies harmful substances.
What is the pancreas?
This gland regulates blood sugar by producing insulin.
What is the spleen?
This organ filters blood, recycles red blood cells, and produces white blood cells to fight pathogens.
What is the skin?
The largest organ of the body, which provides a protective barrier and helps regulate body temperature.
What is the thyroid gland?
A gland that regulates metabolism.
Where is the heart?
What do kidneys regulate?
Electrolyte levels and blood pressure.
What is the stomach?
An organ that contributes to the digestive system by breaking down food with gastric acids.
What is the immune system and what does it include?
This system includes lymph nodes and the spleen, it helps preventing pathogens.
What is the small intestine?
A part of the digestive system that absorbs nutrients and water from the food.
What are the adrenal glands?
These glands produce hormones like adrenaline and cortisol to manage stress.
What is the urinary system?
This organ system includes the bladder, which stores urine until it is excreted.
What are the reproductive organs?
These organs, in male testes and in female ovaries, ensure the continuation of species by offspring.
What is the skull?
A protective bone that houses the brain.
What does the small intestine connects?
What is the musculoskeletal system?
An organ system that provides movement and stability to the body.
What are lymph nodes?
Lymph nodes are check-points scattered throughout the body that trap pathogens and activate immune responses.
Of which two organ systems is the pancreas?
Endocrine and digestive system.
What is homeostasis?
Balance and stability of the body's internal environment.