Heart
Your heart is really a muscle. It is a little
bit to the left of the centre of your chest,
and it is about the size of your fist. It
is your heart's job to pump your blood
around your body. Your blood carries
important things to the rest of your
body such as oxygen and nutrients, and
it also carries away things your body
does not need any more.
Liver
The liver is the biggest organ in
your body. It is a browny-red colour
and does over 500 jobs for your
body! A few of the jobs it has are to
store glucose for your energy, clean
your blood and create something
called bile which helps your body to
absorb fat.
Stomach
Your stomach is a stretchy bag of
muscle that is important for digesting
your food. When you chew and swallow
your food, your stomach mixes and
churns up what you have eaten, like a
blender. It then adds stomach acid which
helps to digest the food even quicker by
breaking your food down into smaller
parts to make them easier to digest for
the next place your food goes – your
intestines.
Kidneys
You have two, bean shaped kidneys
that help to clean your blood. They
are just under the back of your ribs
but you cannot feel them. They have
tiny filters inside that catch all of the
stuff your body does not need, as
well as some other important jobs.
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