Human Anatomy

By: Karlee Little

EDU 290: T/Th 9:30-10:15

Dr. Merrill

The eight most important organs in the human body

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• Brain• Eyes• Intestines• Heart• Stomach• Lungs• Liver• Pancreas

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Location: Lies within the skull

Functions: • The brain is the bodies decision and

communication center• The brain contains many things that

you don’t have to think about-examples: breathing blinking, wiggling your toes and

memorizing facts.

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Location: On the skull. Two eyes that lie horizontal between the

forehead and nose.

Functions: • Eyes act like a camera for

human.• The eye gathers focuses and

transmits light to allow us to see the things around us.

• There is an optic nerve that transmits images from the eye to the brain

Intestines

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Location: A portion of the digestive tract below the stomach

Functions: • The Intestine is broken into

two parts: The small intestine and the large intesne.

• Digestion occurs within the small intestine.

• Move waste materials out of the body.

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Location: Middle of the chest, but slightly to the left.

Functions: • The left side of the heart pumps

blood to the body, while the right pumps blood to the lungs.

• Blood provides your body with oxygen and nutrients that are essential to life.

Stomach

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Location: Located in the torso of a person.

Functions:• The stomach must

collect and break down the food that we intake.

• The stomach also mixed food with digestive acids and enzymes.

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Lungs

Location: The lungs are located in the chest.

Function: • Your lungs expand to take

air in, then contract to push air out.

• Your lungs take in oxygen that the rest of the body needs.

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Location: The upper part of the abdominal cavity.

Functions: • Helps to regulate chemical

levels in the blood.• Produce proteins that are

important in blood.• Breaks down harmful

substances so that it can excrete them.

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Location: Long flat gland that sits behind the stomach

Function: • Produce enzymes to

help with digestion• Also, it produces insulin

and glucagon. This helps control the level of glucose in the body.

How all the organs work together!

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All of the organs must work together in order to help a person live.• The heart pumps blood to the lungs to

make sure they are working.• The liver cleanses the blood so that it

can work properly.• The brain and the lungs work together

so that you are always breathing.

Other organs in the body

There are many other organs that help the body to sustain life.

These organs include:• Thyroid• Trachea• Gallbladder• Ureter• Appendix• Bladder• Esophagus• Diaphragm• Spleen

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Fun facts about your organs

• At any given time, the liver holds 13 percent of the body’s blood supply.

• Your heart beats 101,00 times a day.• On average, you breathe 23,00 times a day.• Women blink twice as much as men.• We don’t really see with our eyes, we see with

our brains.

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• The body contains many organs that are very important for life on a daily basis.

• All of the organs must work together to sustain life for humans.

• It is important that every organ performs its job correctly.• Organs complete their jobs without having to think about

them, or act upon them.

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