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My Brain
My Heart
My Lungs
My Stomach
My Large and Small Intestines
100
My brain is protected by a very hard bone called my _________
skull or cranium
100
My heart is like a strong ______that moves blood through my body.
pump
100
My lungs help my body do this.
breathe
100
My stomach is like a __________ that holds my food.
stretchy bag
100
My small intestine is this long.
20 ft long
200
My brain will weigh this much when I am an adult.
2-3 lbs.
200
What does the blood do to my cells?
feed and clean
200
My lungs can hold as much air as a ________.
basketball
200
My stomach does this to my food so my body can use it.
breaks it down into smaller pieces
200
My food is pushed slowly through my small intestine by this.
muscle wall
300
These are like little telephone lines that send messages all over my body.
nerves
300
These are the doors that let blood in and out.
valves
300
My lungs are like balloons filling up with air and letting out when I do this.
exhale
300
My stomach can stretch out to hold this much food!
2 quarts
300
The food we eat takes 4-8 hours to do this.
digestion
400
My brain works like a ___________ that answers my questions and sends messages all over my body.
computer
400
Where is my heart inside my body?
center of chest
400
My lungs trade air with my blood and my lings give this to my blood.
fresh oxygen
400
When my stomach is empty, it does this.
shrink like a balloon without air.
400
The time it takes for food to travel through my body.
24 hours
500
My brain keeps my _____ beating and my lungs _________.
heart.....breathing
500
My heart is the size of this other part of my body.
fist
500
This big, strong muscle helps make my lungs work.
diaphragm
500
My food reaches my stomach through this tube in my body.
esophagus
500
These break my food into tiny, tiny parts.
digestive enzymes