- Brain: Controls everything in our body, including actions, emotions, personality, memory, language, and movement.
- Lungs: Bring oxygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide from the blood stream.
- Heart: Pumps blood to and from the lungs.
- Liver: Filters toxins from the body, makes bile for fat digestion, stores vitamins and minerals, and controls blood sugar levels.
- Kidneys: Filter blood and make urine.
- Gallbladder: Stores the bile secreted by the liver.
- Spleen: Cleans the blood, destroys old red blood cells, and fights infection.
- Stomach: Breaks down food.
- Trachea: Air passage between the lungs and the outside of the body through the trachea.
- Esophagus: Tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
- Pancreas: Produces insulin and digestive enzymes.
- Small intestine: Absorbs nutrients from digested food.
- Large intestine: Absorbs water and forms feces.
- Bladder: Stores urine before it is excreted.
- Rectum: Final section of the large intestine; stores feces before elimination.
- Anus: Opening at the end of the digestive tract through which feces are expelled.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of major organs of the human body worksheet answers.
