Organs
Which organ helps you body digest food? Food is stored in this organ until it is ready to be broken down.
Stomach
Where does the digestive system/journey begin?
Your mouth
What is the name liquid waste that leaves the body through your skin?
Sweat/perspiration
What word means to move something from one place to another? Some people might have a doctor move one of their organs from one person's body to another.
Transplant
Which body system contains your bones?
Skeletal
Which organ is the largest?
Skin
What is the name of the tube leading from your throat to your stomach?
Esophagus
Which organ stores liquid waste and swells up like a balloon when you need to go to the bathroom?
Bladder
Which word means very small and can only be seen using a special tool?
What is the name of your brain's system? It is named after the things that send and receive messages.
Which organs are located near your lower back? You have two of them, they are shaped like a bean, and they help clean toxins from your blood.
Kidneys
What is the name of the watery substance created in your mouth? It helps to soften food as you chew.
Saliva
What is the name of the tube where liquids waste leaves your body?
Urethra
What word is the unit used to measure the amount of energy in foods? You will find this on a nutrition label.
Calories
Other than water, what are the three main nutrients from food?
Carbohydrates, fat, and protein
Which organ is located above your stomach and helps your body clean blood and filter out waste?
Liver
Which organ is located between the small and large intestine? It was once thought to be useless and many people have them removed.
Appendix
What is the name of the two tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder?
Ureters
What is the passage in your throat that carries AIR (not food) to the lungs?
Windpipe
Who discovered bacteria?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Organs are made up of four different types of body tissue. Name two of the four types of tissue.
Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
What is the name of the finger-like threads in the small intestine that soak up nutrients and pass them into your bloodstream?
Villi
What word means you don't have enough water in your body?
Dehydrated
What is the part of plant foods that your body can't digest but helps you digest other foods?
Fiber
Sailors began eating lemons and limes to get more vitamin C in their diets. Which disease did this help to prevent?
Scurvy