Human AnatomyBy: 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.

Heart

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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.

Liver

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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.

Review

• 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.

Sources Used

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