Organs Flashcards
(28 cards)
Sense organ for SEEING
EYES
Sense organ for HEARING
EARS
Sense organ for FEELING
SKIN
Sense organ for TASTING
TONGUE
Sense organ SMELLING
NOSE
What is the nerve inside the ear that sends the sound signal to the brain?
Auditory Nerve
What is the nerve in the eye that sends the signal to the brain?
Optic Nerve
What are the nerves in the tongue that gets the signal (taste) and send it to the brain?
Taste buds
What is the nerve that gets the signal from the nose and send it to the brain?
Olfactory Nerve
It is the largest internal organ
Liver
What is the largest organ in the body?
Skin
A small, pouch-like organ that stores bile which helps break down fatty foods
Gall Bladder
It is a J-shaped organ that digests food. It produces enzymes and acids necessary for digestion.
Stomach
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.
Small Intestine
It is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body.
Brain
These organs main job is to cleanse the blood of toxins and transform the waste into urine.
Kidneys
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.
Lungs
What bodily system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our body.
Respiratory System
Bodily system that is responsible for breaking down the food we eat to nutrients easily absorbed by our body
Digestive System
This system is a collection of specialized organs scattered throughout the body that act to produce hormones (thyroid, pituitary, adrenal glands, etc.)
Endocrine System
Collects and processes information from the sense via nerves and the brain and tells the muscle what to do.
Nervous sytem
This system consists of all the body muscles.
Muscular System
This system forms a continuous layer that protects the body from various damaging events, such as external injuries.
Integumentary System
Defends against infection and diseases
Lymphatic System
