Organs Flashcards

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Sense organ for SEEING

A

EYES

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Sense organ for HEARING

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EARS

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Sense organ for FEELING

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SKIN

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Sense organ for TASTING

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TONGUE

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5
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Sense organ SMELLING

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NOSE

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What is the nerve inside the ear that sends the sound signal to the brain?

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Auditory Nerve

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What is the nerve in the eye that sends the signal to the brain?

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Optic Nerve

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What are the nerves in the tongue that gets the signal (taste) and send it to the brain?

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Taste buds

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What is the nerve that gets the signal from the nose and send it to the brain?

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Olfactory Nerve

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10
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It is the largest internal organ

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Liver

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What is the largest organ in the body?

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Skin

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A small, pouch-like organ that stores bile which helps break down fatty foods

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Gall Bladder

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It is a J-shaped organ that digests food. It produces enzymes and acids necessary for digestion.

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Stomach

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It helps further digest food coming from stomach. The three parts are duodenum, jejunum and ileum. It absorbs nutrients and water from the food so they can be used by the body.

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Small Intestine

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15
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It is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body.

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Brain

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16
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These organs main job is to cleanse the blood of toxins and transform the waste into urine.

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Kidneys

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This organ allows us to breathe. It bring oxygen to our bodies thru inhalation or respiration and send carbon dioxide out during exhalation or expiration.

A

Lungs

18
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What bodily system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our body.

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Respiratory System

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Bodily system that is responsible for breaking down the food we eat to nutrients easily absorbed by our body

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Digestive System

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This system is a collection of specialized organs scattered throughout the body that act to produce hormones (thyroid, pituitary, adrenal glands, etc.)

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Endocrine System

21
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Collects and processes information from the sense via nerves and the brain and tells the muscle what to do.

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Nervous sytem

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This system consists of all the body muscles.

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Muscular System

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This system forms a continuous layer that protects the body from various damaging events, such as external injuries.

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Integumentary System

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Defends against infection and diseases

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Lymphatic System

25
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It supports and protects the body’s internal organs.

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Skeletal System

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This system where kidneys filter blood to produce urine and get rid of waste.

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Urinary System

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Uterus, ovaries; fallopian tubes; testes these are organs of female and male responsible for the ability to make offsprings or babies.

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Reproductive System

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System responsible in eliminating bodily wastes (thru faeces, urine, perspiration)

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Excretory System