Functions of Organs Vocabulary

an organ that stores and releases urine

• bladder

• kidney

• stomach

• organ

the organ in the human body that processes information

• digestion

• brain

• nutrients

• liver

the process of breaking down food into usable energy for your body

• large intestine

• muscles

• digestion

• stomach

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a tube that carries your food into your stomach using a wave-like motion caused by smooth muscles

• heart

• pancreas

• small intestine

• esophagus

a hallow muscular organ that expands and contracts to move blood through the arteries, veins, and capillaries

• heart

• skeleton

• kidney

• sensory organs

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an organ that removes waste materials from the blood (2 in body)

• bladder

• kidney

• liver

• pancreas

the end part of the intestines that is wider and shorter than the small intestine; it absorbs water back into the blood leaving just the waste materials

• skull

• muscles

• large intestine

• lungs

an organ that cleans the blood coming from the digestive organs and changes food into forms that can be stored or used by the rest of the body

• brain

• stomach

• nutrients

• liver

two large organs that bring fresh oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide and other waste gasses from the blood

• small intestine

• organ

• kidney

• lungs

organs that create movement; includes skeletal, smooth, and cardiac

• muscles

• ribs

• digestion

• skeleton