The Brain
The brain weights this many pounds
3 pounds
The heart weighs how many pounds?
1 pound
Your stomach is shaped like what letter of the alphabet?
the letter J
The small intestine is about how long in adults?
23 feet long
The kidney is shaped like what kind of bean?
a kidney bean
The brain helps your body
work
your heart is a muscle that pumps what to every part of your body?
blood
your stomach is in what side of your abdomen?
upper-left side
the stomach breaks down food and absorbs what?
nutrients
How many kidneys do you have?
two kidneys
You brain works even when you are
sleeping
What protects your heart?
your ribs
Food stays in your stomach for how long?
3 hours
The large intestine is called the what?
colon
You can keep your kidneys healthy by drinking what?
6-8 glasses of water a day
Messages travel from your brain at what speed?
150 miles per hour
YOUR HEART beats how many times per day?
100,000 times per day
what do the muscles in your stomach do to your food?
mash and mix the food
waste
Your kidney filters what 400 times a day?
waste
the brain is made up of 75% of what?
water
your heart is the size of your what?
fist
What breaks down the food and kills bacteria in your stomach?
gastric juices
Your intestines are also called you what?
guts!
Each kidney has how many filters to catch the waste?
a million filters to catch the waste