Human Body Organs and Functions

Vocabulary flashcards covering the human body organs and their specific functions as described in the lecture chart.

Controls everything in our body including actions, emotions, personality, memory, language and movement.

Brain

Air passes between the lungs and the outside of the body through the ?

Trachea

Bring oxygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide from the blood stream.

Lungs

Filters toxins from the body, makes bile to aid digestion, stores vitamins and minerals and controls blood sugar levels.

Liver

Pumps blood to and from the lungs.

Heart

Stores the bile secreted by the liver.

Gallbladder

Cleans the blood, destroys old red blood cells and fights infection.

spleen

Filters Blood and makes urine from waste products

Kidneys

Stores food, breaking it down and mixing it with juices secreted by the stomach lining.

Stomach

Chemically digests food and absorbs nutrients into the blood.

Small Intestine

Converts food waste into feaces

Large intestine

Transports urine to the bladder, where it is stored.

Ureter

Stores urine that has been excreted from the kidney.

Bladder